On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 02:12:27AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 01:32:50AM -0500, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > > Does anyone have any idea why libgnomeui33 and libstdc++2.1 are now listed > > as obsolete in unstable? I can't exactly file bugs against them, and many > > packages depend on each of these. I've been used to having 2 obselete > > packages listed for me (pine since it was locally compiled and fancylogin, > > since I'm not yet ready to move to francine), but why the sudden dropping > > of what seems to me to be fairly important libraries? > The libstdc++2.10 library is now libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2. All packages > compiled against latest libstdc++2.10-dev will depend on the -glibc2.2 > package. The naming was chosen to avoid binary incompatibilities in > stdc++ when compiled against different glibc's (i.e. 2.1.3 in potato and > 2.2.x in woody/sid). Erm, so is it possible to just have a dummy libstdc++2.10 package in sid that just depends: on the -glibc2.2 package to satisfy dependencies? Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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