<So this is why compiling source on certain distributions fail> was how to add a new glibc symbol ?

[James McDonald]

> I've painted myself into a corner, and figured out that the reason why I
>  can't build rpm again is because the __ctype_b symbol was removed from
> the glibc __ctype_b_loc function in glibc-2.3.2.  If that makes sense to
>  you, then keep reading.
>

To date I have used mostly used Caldera, Mandrake, Redhat... but I prefer
to compile from source for the `learning experience'. I'm sure I must have
come up against the same sort of problem and never known why before.

I wonder, as things progress, will the work arounds provided by binary
distributions make it more and more difficult to compile everything from
source?


-- 
James McDonald
Systems Engineer

Singleton NSW Australia