[vox] libc6
Micah J. Cowan
vox@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:32:37 -0700
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:19:17AM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> glibc is same as libcN, where N is 6 IIRC.
>
> BSD traditionally uses the BSD versions of the tools, which are horrible
> compared to the GNU tools, so I can certainly imagine many of them
> released with the GNU tools.
I have set up a couple systems on JohnCompanies.com FreeBSD boxes
(they have since started offering Linux systems as well).
The very first thing I do is replace a bunch of their stuff with GNU
tools. Not having GNU ls and bash feels like a real handicap. I also
prefer GNU find.
-Micah