On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Maurice Hendrix wrote:
> I'm stupid. It is still not clear to me. What do Libc5 and Libc6
contain?
> Are they some kind of pool (library) of precompiled (optimised)
functions
> that can be shared at runtime?
Exactly. Each is an implementation of basically _all_ the standard c
functions, you know: printf(), read(), write(),... Without _some_ libc,
you can't link and runn a "Hello, world!" program. Libc-6, aka Glibc-2
or gnu libc, is newer. Development has stopped on libc 5.
> If I don't have Libc5 installed should I get it?
If you don't have anything that uses it, you don't need it.
There is a glibc version of almost everything available these days.
Anything you compile locally will link with whatever you have installed
as your development c library.
> Or wait until I run into (what kind of?) problems?
can not load shared library libc.so.5.
I am not inclined to rip out any libraries to generate the exact
message.
>
> I've found what I think is the sources to Libc5 at metalab.unc.edu
> (currently FTPing them). But sources to Libc6 are not there.
> What are (and/or where do I find) the latest versions of Libc5 and
Libc6?
I think libc-5.4.46 was the last. Probably, you can find that at
metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/GCC. If glibc is at metalab, it would be in
/pub/gnu, probably, but you are more likely to find it at a gnu mirror
site. I think glibc-2.1 is out, but I've had no trouble with
glibc-2.0.6, so I haven't looked for it. prep.ai.mit.edu? Also, the
source branch of your distro should have libc or glibc.
>
> Can someone please point me to a source or give the information here?
>
Lawson
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