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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 1998 03:23:57 +0200
From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
To:	Shawn Leas <sleas AT ixion DOT honeywell DOT com>
Cc:	beastium <beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl>
Subject:	Re: libc-5.4.22?!?
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	beastium <beastium-list AT desk DOT nl>
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In-Reply-To:	<Pine.HPP.3.96.980913162304.17930A-100000@ixion.honeywell.com>; from Shawn Leas on Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 04:27:26AM -0500
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On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 04:27:26AM -0500, Shawn Leas wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 04:11:00AM -0500, Shawn Leas wrote:
> > > On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> > > 
> > > RedHat has glibc 2.0.6+ a bunch of patches making it 2.0.7 or something.
> > > That's just fine for a libc, and your libc5 is just there so you can run
> > > most Slackware stuff.
> > 
> > he asked libc-5.3 vs. libc 5.4, this is an issue  independent of glibc and
> > slackware.
> 
> But when he's running RedHat he isn't even going to use his libc5 to link
> the egcs/pgcc binary, making it a non-issue.

You forget that

- not all redhat versions use glibc
- users that ask such questions usually use the binary snapshot, which
  requires glibc1

> I think he was just worried about the stated requirements on the web page,
> and in particular one that only applies when using libc5 as the default
> libc on your linux system.

No, it applies if he's using the provided pgcc binary.

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