> I guess what I don't understand is the version numbering scheme. If I
> understand correctly, I would need to have libc.so.6.* in order to make a
> link from libc.so.6. However, I can't find anyting above libc.5.4.38 on
> any of the sites. Could someone give a quick explanation?
>
> Also, once I do find the needed libraries, I probably shouldn't be
> deleting old libraries and links, right? (ie. if I have libc.so.5 which
> points to libc.so.5.4.38 and I go out and get libc.so.6.* which I point
> libc.so.6 at, should I make sure to keep around libc.so.5 for backwards
> compatability of older programs, or will the old programs just go ahead
> and use the new libraries?)
libc.so.6 is glibc. I got it in package glibc-2.0.5c-10 (RH 5, but
might be an update or contrib). In /lib, libc.so.6 is a link to
glibc-2.0.5.so .
I also thought that the convention was that libthing.so.x.y should be
linked to by libthing.so.x . Doesn't ldconfig rely on this?
You do need to keep libc.so.5 around for non-glibc programs - StarOffice
needs it, for example. On RH5, it's moved to /usr/i486-linux-lib/lib
(except that a typo in the 5.4.38 rpm puts it in /usr/i486-linuxlib/lib
- adjust /etc/ld.so.conf accordingly).
Jon Moore
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