its all libc .. glibc i believe is just "GNU" Libc (but i could be wrong)
libc5 = obsolete, but still used by many programs like netscape, real audio/video, star office, xview ..and many more..most of them either not maintained very well or not maintained at all. the authors find it easier to just recompile to libc5 rather then make the changes to support glibc glibc2.0 = libc6 most open source stuff runs best on this glibc2.1 = pretty major update to libc, some programs like mozilla (recent builds) and lotus notes require glibc2.1 to work. at least thats how i understand it .. nate On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, David J. Kanter wrote: djkant >What's the purpose of these files? And is the older version of glibc djkant >(version 2.0, right?) synonymous with libc5, and the newer version of glibc djkant >(2.2?) synonymous with libc6? djkant > djkant >I'm a little confused because I thought my system was pretty up-to-date, but djkant >when I tried to remove libc5, dselect wanted to blow away Netscape, which is djkant >a relatively new program. djkant > djkant >-- djkant >David J. Kanter djkant >[EMAIL PROTECTED] djkant > djkant >"Humans have an innate tendency to attribute significance to anomalies djkant >and coincidences." djkant > -- John Allen Paulos, mathematics professor at Temple University djkant > djkant > djkant >-- djkant >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null djkant > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 12:45am up 123 days, 12:35, 2 users, load average: 0.45, 0.39, 0.31
