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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:53:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: Shawn Leas <sleas AT ixion DOT honeywell DOT com>
To: david <david AT kalifornia DOT com>
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Subject: Re: libc-5.4.22?!?
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On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, david wrote:

> A good many of us compile and link against different versions.  The issue
> is libc5 versions.  The latest release which has several functionality and
> security patches is 5.4.46 or better.  libc5 is not going away anytime
> soon and thus the original poster's concerns about Redhat's old version
> are quite valid.
> 
> I would hope that someone would put a more secure/fixed libc5 version up
> for Redhat.
> 
> And btw, libc5 is not a `slackware' thing :)

Agreed, RedHat is being irresponsible for having such an old libc5 rusting
there for compatibility reasons.

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.

-Shawn
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