On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:45:07 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you've > never had a broken glibc, you might not realize just how important it is, > but suffice it to say, without a working glibc, pretty much your entire > system will be broken, so it's pretty important. > As an aside to this issue, it should be noted that the extreme importance of glibc is what has inspired the "GNU/Linux" campaign. That is, many people strongly believe that Linux systems should be referred to as "GNU/Linux" because a Linux system is much more than just the Linux kernel. The GNU C libraries are equally important. The argument is much more than empty rhetoric. Frank Peters
