On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 03:33:24PM +1100, Peter Ross wrote:
> The libc development forked early on in the linux development, as GNU
> libc wasn't useable on linux systems. This was rectified in glibc 2.0,
> however the linux libc was up to v5, so glibc is sometimes called libc6.
>
> You will find that a lot of programs are compiled against libc5 since it
> should exist on all linux machines. If you have a glibc2.1 binary you
> must have glibc 2.1 installed on your system. For instance, Debian is
^^^^^^
> still at glibc 2.0, so you can't use any programs compiled against glibc
> 2.1, but you can use them if they are compiled with libc5.
>
> Pete.
>
>
Should read "slink". Potato has glibc2.1.
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