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diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index f35dd342f6..b6d4ac00c5 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -1028,6 +1028,19 @@ This version is needed because the fpos_t type and a few libio internals have changed in glibc 2.2, and gcc 2.95.3 contains a corresponding patch. +?? Why shall glibc never get installed on GNU/Linux systems in +/usr/local? + +{AJ} The GNU C compiler treats /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib in a +special way, these directories will be searched before the system +directories. Since on GNU/Linux the system directories /usr/include and +/usr/lib contain a --- possibly different --- version of glibc and mixing +certain files from different glibc installations is not supported and will +break, you risk breaking your complete system. If you want to test a glibc +installation, use another directory as argument to --prefix. If you like to +install this glibc version as default version, overriding the existing one, +use --prefix=/usr and everything will go in the right places. + ? Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them ?? I expect GNU libc to be 100% source code compatible with |