[svlug] glibc 2.1 alpha fun

[Nick Moffitt]

On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 10:20:20AM -0800, Dave Zarzycki wrote:
> AFAIK, glibc 2.1 as a whole has some changes that will either force
> a few recompiles (big deal, we have the source for just about
> everthing), or you will have to keep old libs hanging arround (lame,
> but requires no effort if you don't care about forcing yourself to
> install via the package manager, which ever one it might be).

	Well, the problem with this is that Linux is becoming more and
more a platform for proprietary software, and many vendors aren't
going to be happy with the idea that they're going to have to hop
along with Linux's every update.  This is one of the reasons we _have_
version numbering for shared libs, and why we keep multiple versions
around.

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