glibc advice

[Tony Alfrey]

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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?
> 

No, in fact most of the time I run a Mac, which runs like most linux 
distros *should* run.
But back to glibc-2.3.
Is it mythology that if I upgrade to 2.3, apps compiled on 2.2.X will 
not run?

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Tony Alfrey
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