2002-01-23 18:48:34

by Jeff Chua

Subject: Which version of glibc?

Should I upgrade to glibc-2.2.5 for linux kernel compilation?

I'm on gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.1.3

What about gcc?

I'm asking this now as Xfree86 is just release and it's build with glib22.


Thanks,
Jeff
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2002-01-24 12:48:26

by Ketil Froyn

Subject: Re: Which version of glibc?

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Jeff Chua wrote:

> Should I upgrade to glibc-2.2.5 for linux kernel compilation?
>
> I'm on gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.1.3

Unless I'm missing something, your version of glibc shouldn't matter.
glibc is not linked to the kernel. Your version of gcc, on the other hand,
is quite important. I guess you're ok with 2.95.3, and if you're not, I'm
sure you'll find out soon enough :)

Ketil

2002-01-25 07:34:38

by Ragnar Hojland Espinosa

Subject: Re: Which version of glibc?

On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 10:47:30AM -0800, Jeff Chua wrote:
>
> Should I upgrade to glibc-2.2.5 for linux kernel compilation?
>
> I'm on gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.1.3
>
> What about gcc?

Follow Ketils advice :)

> I'm asking this now as Xfree86 is just release and it's build with glib22.

Upgrading glibc to 2.2 now is a good idea. 2.1.3 had some sort of
floating point bug, and I'm not all sure it had full support for big files.

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