Re: [cobalt-developers] Qube 3 and glibc 2.2.2 - is there a chance to get it?

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 08 Apr 2002, Peter Gloor wrote:
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> 
> Seems to become a never ending story. Having built gmake I've got the next
> problem and so on. After more than 10 hours work I give it up. Replacing a
> lot of Qube's software with newer (unsupported) releases cannot be the idea
> and will probably break the Qube's warranty/support.
> 
> Today we decided not to support that third party vendors software. Either he
> is willing to support glibc 2.1.3 or we are looking for someone else
> providing the functionality we are looking for. Another option is to make a
> new product especially designed for Cobalt Qube and RaQ servers.
> 
> What I have learned from this lesson is that the Qube (and other Cobalt
> systems as well) has its limitations. As a software development company we
> can easily design our software in a way it not only runs on the Qube, but
> also makes use of its features for easy administration, setup and
> maintenance. When it comes to third party software it can be quite difficult
> to get support from the vendors/manufacturers (from either side).
> 

It can be a real bitch, putting software on a Cobalt.
The problem is they are using such old and *modified* Linux dstributions. It
would not be too bad if they kept the thing up2date.

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Gerald Waugh
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