On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Denis Ducamp wrote:
> damn ! libc5 libraries are a different think from linux kernel 2.0 : that is
> the magic of Linux systems ;-)
>
> Yes, linux 2.0 is old but libc5 isn't old and it's always used with linux
> 2.2 kernels.
Not so.
Red Hat Linux 5.0 was AFAIK first to ship libc6. This was in Nov 97.
The kernel was 2.0.32.
2.0 kernel was still being actively shipped in Debian 2.1, Red Hat Linux
5.2, and the like. The latest versions could be considered quite stable
so it's still in use in many places.
2.0 kernel is _much_ more common than libc5.
> But why shouldn't I update softwares on systems that are less than 2 years
> old ?
Because most of these have already been updated and no one doing active
development has access / caring for these?
> Hope libc5 will be supported back, I don't mind about linux kernel 2.0 .
I'm pretty confident in saying that "patches will be accepted".
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