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23 Jan 1998 21:00:47 +0100 (CET)
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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/.)

>  Once I got that done I had problems with the pw
> routines skipping the gecos field in my shadow'd password files... Anybody
> know if 2.0.6 is any better?

I'm not using the gecos field. You might have to install an extra shadow
package.

LLaP
bero


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