glibc advice

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 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?

Its false.  Why you're beating the Caldera dead horse, I can't understand.

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