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Reply to mail from Shawn Leas about libc-5.4.22?!?
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> Agreed, RedHat is being irresponsible for having such an old libc5 rusting
> there for compatibility reasons.

Aye, please read my previous :)

> libc5 maybe isn't "going away" anytime soon, but should.  And you're
> right, of course, that it isn't a "slackware" thing, but since debian,
> RedHat, Suse (I think) etc have gone libc6, it is becoming an increasingly
> "Slackware" thing.

I like many other administrators will probably fully migrate as time
permits and the need arises.  The axiom "if it ain't broke don't fix it"
comes to mind :)

-d
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