Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 08:17:27PM -0500, zentara wrote:
> >
> > Lenz Grimmer wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, zentara wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just received an email from a person who is using the German version
> > > > of Suse 6.0. He said that it is glibc based, not glibc2. There is a
> > > > difference. Apparently, Suse hasn't gotten around to making a rpm to
> > > > upgrade to glibc2.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone has info on the glibc vs. glibc2 situation and Suse 6.0,
> > > > please share it. 6.0 should be arriving shortly and I want to be
> > > > prepared to upgrade right away. It should be easy on 6.0 as opposed to
> > > > 5.3.
> >
> > > Hold it. "glibc" and "glibc2" are two terms for the same thing, which is
> > > the new GNU C library (Version 2.x.x). This is what SuSE Linux 6.0 is
> > > based on and which is necessary for running StarOffice.
> >
> > Hi Lenz,
> > Is the glibc that comes with version 6.0 going to be
> > version 2.06? I hope so.
>
> No, it is the latest snapshot from the CVS archive for 2.0.x.
>
> > There seems to be alot of confusion. There seems to be
> > a glibc1, and a glibc2, and the current version of glibc2 is 2.06.
>
> glibc1 is glibc 1.0.x, and libc5 based on it. glibc2 is the new
> glibc, aka libc.so.6 under Linux. The latest public release of
> glibc 2 is 2.0.6. There are some 2.0.7preX, but the real bug
> fixes are only in the CVS archive. Since glibc 2.1 should be
> released this days, the glibc-maintainer will not make a
> public 2.0.7.
That's interesting. Star Office requires *and supplies* 2.0.7.
Hmm.
--
Rachel
Now even more confused
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