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Re: glibc 2.0.94, Linux, chown/lchown and non-i386 architectures

At 05:16 -0700 1998-07-25, Geoff Keating wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:26:33 -0700
>> From: Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>
>> is compiled with for example, 2.1.109 kernel headers, it is impossible to
>> run that glibc with a kernel version that has the pre-2.1.8x chown/lchown
>> behavior (real examples: 2.0.32 and 2.1.24).
>
>It's not impossible to run that glibc with early kernels, it's just
>that chown() returns ENOSYS.

Yes, that's what I meant to say.
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Joel "Espy" Klecker    Debian GNU/Linux Developer    <mailto:jk@espy.org>
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