On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 23:27, Christopher Chan wrote: > > If I understand correctly, it seems the reason to jump a major version > > is because the new glibc breaks binary compatability. > > > > OK... that makes sense. > > > > Why then would RedHat introduce a new glibc into RH 8 that breaks > > compatabilty with some programs (wine comes to mind and apparently > > VMWare)? Shouldn't they have patched the glibc version that shipped > > (and worked) rather than break RH 8 with a new version? > > When will all this nonsense about RH9 stop? > > RH9 will come with a new blazing fast implementation of POSIX threads (NPTL) > for Linux. > > It will benefit mysql and apache 2.x and whatever stuff that uses threads. > > This will break compatibility but well worth it to get new good stuff. > > Now quit whining and stick with your old setups if you don't need this > stuff. Read the post. It's not a whine about RH 9.0. I said it makes sense! It's a *whine* about breaking RH 8.0 The version of glibc that came as an update for RH 8.0 breaks compatability with some programs. Doug -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
