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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc-2.3?
From:       Alan <alan () ufies ! org>
Date:       2002-10-04 13:05:59
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 12:41:54PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> On Friday 04 October 2002 12:10, Bart Verwilst wrote:
> > I read glibc 2.3 is binary compatible with 2.2.5..
> > Would be nice :o)
> >
> > "The 2.3.x release should be binary compatible with the 2.2 and earlier
> > releases.  All correct programs should continue to run.  This does
> > *not* mean that programs compiled on a system running glibc 2.3.x will
> > run on systems with only glibc 2.2.  Compatibility is always in one
> > direction.  Systems with glibc 2.2 will not even attempt to run
> > binaries generated with glibc 2.3.x if this is not possible so there
> > is not much to worry about."
> >
> > I want it!! :o)
> 
> I can't wait for prelinking to be available either.

What's new in this release?  Are there significant performance gains, or
some other good reason to recompile everything to glibc 2.3.x? :)

Alan

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