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Damn Small Linux => DSL Ideas and Suggestions => Topic started by: Vink8 on December 02, 2012, 12:57:11 AM

Title: The GNU C Library (glibc) need update, also
Post by: Vink8 on December 02, 2012, 12:57:11 AM

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

The current stable version of glibc is 2.16.

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/?C=N;O=A

Seems that the version inside Dsl is 2.3.2, released 01 March 2003

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall

(http://rubydev.ru/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/gnu-db-2-207x300.jpg)

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@John
If you really decide to "update", start with 2 library in the next Release candidate, (before Maya new era) and continue...

Title: Re: The GNU C Library (glibc) need update, also
Post by: botdfismyaddiction on December 07, 2012, 04:51:15 PM

Is this newer version any bigger...

I would guess that is why the one in DSL is older, when working with 50MB newer libraries are rare :P