Re: native Oracle-port on Linux -- what would it take?

Kristian Koehntopp (kris_at_koehntopp.de) wrote:
: Alex Buell <alex_at_tahallah.demon.co.uk> writes:
: >On 18 Dec 1997, Christopher B. Browne wrote:
: >> Give threading six months to solidify under the GLIBC "regime," and we can
: >> provide a somewhat different story...
: >I keep hearing about GLIBC. What's the difference between that and a
: >normal LIBC?
 

: glibc is the GNU C runtime library Version 2.0 (labelled Version
: 6 in Linux because of ELF version number requirements). Unlike
: Linux libc Version 5 it is portable between differen Unices. It
: also has much better thread support and many, many other
: improvements over normal libc. RedHat and Debian are both deep
: in the process of glib'ifiying their distributions and other
: distribution vendors will follow.
 

: The migration process will have a similar impact on Linux as the
: transition from a.out to ELF (new library has many new features,
: old applications will still require the old library installed
: and loaded, selection between libraries is automatic, some
: people will inevitable ruin their system when upgrading by
: destroying critical system libraries and so on).
 

: Kristian
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: Kristian Koehntopp, http://www.koehntopp.de
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Hi,

        So does this mean I still need the pthread library to write applications using threads?

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