Andrew R. Brink wrote:
> i am currently on a libc5 system and would like to know why i would
> want to update it to glibc2.....what exactly would it improve?
The main advantages of glibc-2 are that it is thread-safe, that it
reduces the dependency of applications upon kernel data types, and has
a few new features (e.g. NSS).
> And how
> complex is doing something like that, could i really screw anything up
> bad? Or, should i just wait until like Slackware 3.7 (if it comes with
> glibc2) comes out?
You should probably just upgrade to a glibc-2 based distribution.
There are several issues which can cause problems with trying to run a
mixed libc-5/glibc-2 system.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
