Re: glibc compatibility

2001-04-26 Thread aphro
> > Hi debian-user readers, > > I'm running testing, which I believe is based on glibc2.2. Is this > backwards compatible with glibc2.1? If a program says it requires 2.1, > should I expect that it will work? most of the time..sometimes it wont..depends how the program was coded, and compiled

Re: glibc compatibility

2001-04-25 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 06:20:02PM -0700, David Steinberg wrote: > > Hi debian-user readers, > > Something I've been wondering for a while, and now I really need to > know: how do glibc versions relate? > > I'm running testing, which I believe is based on glibc2.2. Is this > backwards compatibl

glibc compatibility

2001-04-25 Thread David Steinberg
Hi debian-user readers, Something I've been wondering for a while, and now I really need to know: how do glibc versions relate? I'm running testing, which I believe is based on glibc2.2. Is this backwards compatible with glibc2.1? If a program says it requires 2.1, should I expect that it will