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Re: StarOffice 5 :o(
- To: Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: StarOffice 5 :o(
- From: pb@nexus.co.uk
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:00:53 +0000 (UTC)
- cc: Linux Glibc <glibc-linux@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu>, Linux Alpha-Glibc <libc-alpha@cygnus.com>
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Alex Buell wrote:
> May I extend my deepest congratulations to the StarOffice 5.01 authors for
> making it *IMPOSSIBLE* for me to upgrade to StarOffice 5.01 on my
> glibc-2.1 system. This package relies on glibc-2.0.7.
> [...]
> Sheesh. Give me a break! I thought that glibc-2.0.7 binaries were
> supposedly upwardly compatible with glibc-2.1 libraries?
There's no point complaining to the glibc lists. Address your comments to
Star Division directly. If they didn't use internal and unpublished glibc
details the problem would not occur.
p.