[vox] libc6
Micah J. Cowan
vox@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:59:30 -0700
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 09:45:06AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> even i don't know if this is a vox or vox-tech question. hah. :)
>
> is the GNU C library officially called libc6 or glibc? the debian
> package calls it libc6 (libc version 6), but i see references to glibc
> all over the place. what's the official name for this library?
The term "glibc" definitely identifies it as GNU libc. The name of the
source package is glibc.
> also, do *BSD systems use GNU stuff as well? or do they have their own
> set of tools?
>
> are there any other unix variants that officially use GNU stuff?
I use a FreeBSD system for my web/mail server (I'm posting directly
from it now, as at work we just have Windblows. I have Cygwin
installed, but...). There definitely are GNU tools around, chief of
which is their reliance on GCC. GNU Make is available, but "make" !=
"gmake". "awk" is "gawk", though... basically, it appears they use GNU
when they must, and other when they can... they definitely don't use
glibc.
-Micah