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Re: Netscape4.5 for linux.
Hmm...
I think that RedHat5.0 gives both versions of glibc, so I can run both
versions of Netscape (glibc5 and glibc6). Currently I am running the
glibc5 version of netscape. Should I upgrade to the glibc6 version?
-Thanks,
Guy.
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Ze'ev Maor wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Guy Rodnay wrote:
>
> > I have downloaded the libc5 version from ftp.tau.ac.il and it works well. I am
> > using RedHat5.0 so I have libc6 as well. Should I have downloaded the libc6
> > version? What is the benefit in using libc6?
>
> First rule about libc's, DON'T MESS WITH THEM. You could screw your
> system. Now to the matter at hand, libc6, which is actually glibc2, i.e.
> version 2 of the GNU project glibc library, includes new revisions of the
> libc functions (well DUH) better memory/fs managment, performance,
> reliability etc. Meaning, one should be inclined towards upgrading,
> however, upgrading to a new libc ver. is a vary delicate task. If you're
> currently running libc5, it means all your apps are compiled against
> libc5, so simply removing libc5 and then copying libc6 instead will kill
> your system (you won't actually get even this far, the moment you rm libc5
> you won't be able to cp, or any other command for that matter, the libc6).
>
> There are many guides you can find on-line (don't have a URL at the moment)
> about upgrading + all the packages you'll have to replace.
> Whatever you do, think first and do it cautiously. Better yet, make sure
> you have statically linked versions of all the main bins (including init
> and other main system bins ofcourse) before you let the destruction begin.