Re: why is gtk install so difficult?

[Tara Milana <learfox twu net>]

On 2003.10.16 00:33 Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:

> You only have to update the dependencies if you have to update the
> dependencies. If a new GTK+ version requires updated dependencies then
> you'll have the same problem when building from source, except it will be
> more difficult.

Hi,

What if, for example, if a packaged GTK+ 2 was compiled for,
say, a glibc 2.2 system and someone with a glibc 2.0 system could
still run GTK+ 2 if it were compiled for glibc 2.0 but the
packaged GTK+ 2 was not compiled for glibc 2.0. In this case the
person would need to compile from source.

--Tara