which Libc does gentoo use?

Rain Designs · Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2002 6:52 pm Post subject: which Libc does gentoo use?

I'm not too sure what a Libc is, but I want to d/l and install something for my gaming server. There are 2 seperate downloads...

1)Libc5 (for slackware, mandrake, etc.)

2)Libc6 (for redhat)

Thanks

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arkane · l33t Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ

libc6 most definately

I don't think anything really uses the old 5 any longer, barring slackware.
Of course I might be wrong about that, but gentoo uses libc6.

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

libc6.

You can also get libc5 in gentoo if you emerge lib-compat.

Rain Designs · Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2002 7:42 pm Post subject:

just out of curiousity, what is a libc?

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Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html

arkane · l33t Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ

I guess the Windows equiv would be the Microsoft Foundation Classes? (MFC)

It contains just about every function needed by standard programs in libraries.

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

The windows equivalent is more like msvcrt.dll. MFC is a "layer" over and above the C runtime (among other things).