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Re: Which libc should we use in the future?

> Ok guys 'n gals, there it is: H.J Lu has just officially released libc 5.4.7.
> We are still using 5.2.18 (or glibc for the alpha).
> 
> So here is the "$50,000-Question": shall we upgrade to HJ Lu's libc 5.4.7
> to stay up-to-date or shall we jump ahead of the pack and use glibc (=libc6)
> providing only run-time compatibility as for libc4.

Let's stick with HJ for now. The linux-gcc developers are cooperating 
with the GNU libc maintainers to make the transition as easy as possible.

Remember that glibc-1.9x is still officially unreleased.
 
> I think we should decide now what to do, so that we can start the recompilation
> as soon as the next release is out.

A glibc package now would be nice, as an addon to the existing system
(e.g. gcc -bglibc ...) so we can take the time to prepare for the transition
(similar to the /usr/i486-linuxelf/ approach used in preparing for ELF).

glibc has not been tested thoroughly enough for a production system, and
the changes it brings (e.g. IPv6-ready incompatible [uw]tmp) will require
changes in many packages. The slow transition we did to ELF had its 
disadvantages, but at least it was done right: when we made the definitive
move to ELF, the whole system worked, and there had been enough time to
propagate many of the changes we had to make upstream.
 
Also, from my cursory reading of linux-gcc, it looks like it is still
unclear if/when there will be a dynamic loader suitable for both libc 5 and 6.
David?
 
Ray
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