> Once I get the round-tuit, I may figure out how to support the older
> programs. It should be _possible_, given intelligent linkers. Heck, a
> linker that reads a load map that says "for this program, use this
> library" would work. If you did it right, it would even operate very
> quickly and you would only pay the performance penalty at load time.
Set your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the correct lib and your done.
> It is my opinion that RH lost sight of its market with 5.0, and will pay
> for it (even if just a little) when 5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3 come out. People
> will probably start coming back at around 5.4 and above, again IMO.
I don't think so. All the functionality you had in 4.2 is still available
in 5.0, and there are quite a few more packages in 5.0 than in 4.2.
> So, the good news is 4.2 is extreme quality, good enough to run a
> business off of. I recommend actively selling it and supporting it.
So the bad news is that the new packages (or packages that _are_ being
updated) won't run on your 4.2 system, because the old libraries are dead,
and the increase in security, stablity, and features far outweigh the few
programs that no one uses, so aren't being updated.
How come you didn't complain when RH switched to ELF?
Dave
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