On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Steve Hazelett wrote:
>I have a number of files that I run under RH4.2 and I was wondering if
>they might break if I upgrade to RH5.0. A lot of them were built on
>the libc library and with going to new libraries will they still work?
>Not all the apps I run have been upgraded to the new libs. In other words
>is there still a path for backwards compatibility on older applications
>or am I out of luck? Thanks.
A full install of RHL 5.0 includes support for standard Libc (as opposed
to the new Glibc). You should still be able to use your old programs on
an updated RHL 5.0 box (don't forget the updates!) without any problem.
Note, though, that you should start thinking about finding a way to port
those to Glibc. At best, that'll just require recompiling the programs.
At worst, it'll mean having to patch the source code because the original
didn't abide by the various C programming conventions. Again, though,
you don't *need* to recompile those programs to get them to work under
RHL 5.0.
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Steve Coile
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