glibc advice

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I have an old Caldera install that I like to run, largely because I
> "know" it and I know where everything is.  I have other newer installs
> running also.
> The Caldera is getting old;  lots of new rpms want glibc 2.3.  I
> upgraded the old 2.2.X before using a SxS and that went fine.  But many
> say that "Oh, you gotta recompile everything using the new glibc if you
> go to 2.3".  But this is not clear to me:  sounds like this means that
> old apps that run on glibc 2.2 won't work on 2.3, yet old apps on a
> distro with glibc 2.3 work fine.  So I ask
>
> "can I install glibc 2.3 without setting the atmosphere on fire or is it
> easier just to learn a new distro?"

Irregardless of glibc, its time to learn a new distro.  Or are you still 
runnign Windoze-3.1 at home too?

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