> > : this is great for backwards binary compatability, something Linux > : has excelled at. > > With all due respect, Linux has been worse about this than many other > platforms, especially where C++ programs are concerned. FreeBSD, for > example, has been more stable over the past couple of years. SunOS > and Solaris ditto (but the new C++ compiler does mangle names > differently, so that can be a big problem for library vendors). When > I released the OI/OB product for Linux, it wouldn't work within less > than six months without patches. Not a very good record :-(. > And I keep reading about the Motif you have to relink/rebuild problems > as well, which sound a lot like the same sorts of problems I had with > OI. >
One problem of some ELF Motif packages is they were compiled for the older, alpha C library. I am sorry it happened that way. I added a stat () in libc 5.2.x for them. -- H.J. Lu NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
