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Re: gcc will become the best optimizing x86 compiler


On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:56:57PM +0200, Agner Fog wrote:
>> >2008/7/26 Agner Fog <agner@agner.org>:
>> >>I have libc version 2.7. Can't find version 2.8
>> >It's in Fedora 9, I have no idea why the source isn't directly
>> >available from the glibc homepage.
>>
>> 2.8 is not an official final release yet.
>
> That's incorrect; the glibc maintainers just don't care much for
> tarballs.  You can find the tag in CVS from several months ago.

this page :

    http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/

says :

    Current Status
        The current version is 2.7.

        See the NEWS file for more information.

        There is a FAQ which you should read first.


also, IMO, the NEWS sections says nothing useful to any human.

Dennis


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