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2.10. Developer Tools
Read this section for a summary of updates to developer tool support and changes that may affect developers between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
2.10.1. Red Hat Developer Toolset
Red Hat Developer Toolset provides access to the latest stable versions of open source development tools on a separate, accelerated life cycle. It is available to Red Hat customers with an active Red Hat Developer subscription.
Red Hat Developer Toolset 2 does not currently support developing applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. However, Red Hat Developer Toolset does support developing applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, for deployment on supported minor releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
2.10.2. Compatibility Libraries
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 contains some compatibility libraries that support interfaces from previous releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These libraries are included in accordance with Red Hat’s Compatibility Policy, and at Red Hat’s discretion. For further details, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Application Compatibility Guide.
The following compatibility libraries are included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Table 2.5. Compatibility libraries
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Library
|
Last release where this interface was the default
|
|---|---|
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compat-db47
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
|
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compat-libcap1
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
compat-libf2c-34
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
|
|
compat-libgfortran-41
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
compat-openldap
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
libpng12
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
openssl098e
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
compat-dapl
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
|
|
compat-libtiff3
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
|
|
compat-libstdc++-33
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (in optional repository only)
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 also includes the compat-gcc-44 and compat-gcc-44-c++ packages, which represent the system compiler shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and can be used along with the compat-glibc package for building and linking legacy software.
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