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Re: Netscape4.5 for linux.
> > 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?
> Again, IF you have the option of using the libc5 && the libc6 versions of
> any specific software, use the later. That is after all the idea of
> 'upgrading'. Note however, that this version won't give you better
> performances in terms of data transfer, as all network related code is
> implemented as either system calls or simply compiled into the kernel, the
> libc6 WILL have new revisions of the system calls to C functions
> interface, but that won't affect speed.
OK. So now we have the following:
1. libc6 based version is preferred than libc5.
2. "Supported" version is preferred than "unsupported".
libc5 based Netscape is included in its "supported" directory, while
libc6 based version in included in the "unsupported" directory. So
the question is coming again: What is preferred? What is the better
- the libc6 based (but unsupported) - or the supported one (but
libc5 based)?
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Eli Marmor
marmor@elmar.co.il
El-Mar Software Ltd.