[ILUG] which version of linux ?

[Liam Bedford]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Ryan [mailto:newdavid at baker.ie]

> I have read all sorts of things about the huge differences between
> compiling applications using someting called glib6c and something else
> called libc (don't quote me on the names !) and have avoided 
> the issue by
> just using the newest of anything I could get my hands on.
> 
Libc's are great fun, honest... they contain all the printf and basic i/o
commands etc,
glibc is the gnu libc version 2 and above,
also known as libc 6 to confuse you. libc as used in slackware is libc 5,
which I'm not sure whether it's gnu or not... anyway, glibc is the new
libc which is used on Redhat 5+, Debian 2.1+, and a few other modern
distributions.
Libc is what slackware use.
> 
> The server is Slackware something or other and the following 
> line came from
> dmesg - "Linux version 2.0.30 (root at darkstar) (gcc version 
> 2.7.2.3) #4 Fri
> Oct 3 14:07:03 CDT 1997"
That makes it maybe slackware 3.4 or so...
> 
> The application to install is webmin-0.74.  Webmin tells me that it
> supports the following versions of Slackware - 3.2 , 3.3 , 
> 3.4 , 3.5 , 3.6
> , 4.0
> 
> Anybody know how I can work out if it will work or not ?
It'll work probably. The easiest way to see is try. build it as a standard
user, and test it there. Install it only if it works as a user.
> 
> Is there some command I can run which will identify which version of
> Slackware is installed, or is it just the kernel version 
> which is important?
Nope. slackware don't have many clues, unlike redhat and such like. Uname -a
and
check the archives of slackware mirror sites is the best way
(www.slackware.org?)
> 
> Also, is there any possibility of doing any damage if I do 
> try the compile
> (it's not my machine).
not if you don't do it as root, or any other priviledged user. just make
sure
it doesn't delete or replace anything.


L.