libc changes and freebsd-4 compatible binaries

[Yury Tarasievich]

On 3 May 2005 11:22, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
. ..
> > > offer clear explanation -- will freebsd-4 compatible binaries continue
> > > working on current DFBSD? E.g., Opera is still building their packages
> > > for 2.95.4 and libc.so.4 and there are lots of packages I'm using
> > > off-the-site and wouldn't ever bother to recompile them. So, what about
> > > it? Thanks.
> >
> > ...so was the answer YES or NO?
>
> YES, with the exception of locale support, for which the answer is NO.

Why so?