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Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:13:25 -0600 (CST)
From:	Dustin Marquess <jailbird AT alcatraz DOT fdf DOT net>
To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <linux AT bero-online DOT ml DOT org>
cc:	beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl
Subject:	Re: 6x86 opts
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Dustin Marquess wrote:
> 
> > 	On a side note does anybody here have any good experiences with
> > glibc 2.0.6?
> 
> I've been running glibc 2.0.6 since it came out, without problems.
> 
> >  I tried 2.0.5c a few months ago and it was a pain.  I had to
> > hack the include files to fix conflicts between glibc and kernel includes
> > to even compile anything.
> 
> That's still the case - you're not supposed to use kernel includes
> anymore, which is one of the main advantages of glibc over libc 5.x.
> (Don't hack the include files, hack the programs calling them. There are
> several sites on the net providing patches to some important apps, such as
> http://www.glibc.ml.org/.)

	If you have to hack every program you get in order to get it to
compile under glibc, it kind of breaks portability, not to mention ease of
use...

					-Dustin Marquess

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