On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 09:55, Chris Jones wrote: > FC5 uses by default a NEWER version of libstdc++. If you install (through > the correct update/installation channels, i.e. yum/pup/pirut) some > application (such as thunderbird/firefox) which requires an older version of > libstdc++, then yum/pup/pirut will(or perhaps should) resolve the > dependencies for you and install the older compat libraries that are need. > > If, as I suspect in your case, you disregard the release notes and install > things differently (such as using mozilla's own installation tools or you > wish to install a package for which there is no rpm and you are forced to > build from source), then you have to resolve these dependencies yourself. > This is obvious and you cannot complain. If you fail to do so the fault is > yours not FC's Actually it's not obvious at all that a libstdc++ should change it's interfaces on each release. Isn't it supposed to implement a standard set some time ago? It's also not obvious that needed compatibility libraries would be omitted from a normal install. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
