On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 11:11, John Summerfield wrote: > > I'm not familiar with SuSE, but I woul;d guess that if binaries created > > on S7 run on S8 and RHL 7, then they should also run on RHL 8. > > Only if you avoid C++ or link statically against libstdc++ as mandated by No. Red Hat historically has provided compatibility libraries so that software compiled on RHL n.x runs on o.x where o.x is the next major series of releases after n.x.
If software from SuSE 7.x runs on RHL 7.x (as somone else said), then it ought also run on RHL 8.0 if the same compatibility libraries needed to support RHL 7.x apps on 8.0 are in place. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
