Re: nostalgia: libc5 -> libc6 transition

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 02:31:10AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> I apologise for bringing up things of the past, but I am researching
> and need your help. Back when I upgraded Bo to Hamm, it worked like
> a charm. Ever since then, I have heard the "Debian was the only one
> to handle the libc6 migration gracefully" many, many times.
> 
> Looking forward to your input!

Maybe you would be interested to read
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/libc6-migration.txt.gz

Also note that woody still include libc5 packages for basic
compatibility with libc5 binaries.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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