[vox] libc6

[Ken Bloom]

Here's a breif history of many important forks, including the fork that 
created this libc/glibc naming confusion.
http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/essays/forking.html
  glibc --> Linux libc --> glibc should be about halfway down the page.

On 2003.04.24 10:19, 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.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, 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?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > pete
> >


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