On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 14:33 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Daniel Jacobowitz writes: > > Using binaries from LCC would also run against the Debian principle of > > always building Debian packages from their source before uploading them. > > That's a big deal. > > Big enough that I think common binaries should be completely out of the > question for that reason alone. I also haven't seen a convincing argument > that they are beneficial. Why don't standard ABIs suffice? Bugs in different versions of app/libraries that nonetheless share common ABI. libfoo 1.7 fixes a non-security bug in v1.6. "bar" segfaults when running libfoo 1.6. But libfoo 1.6 is in Sarge, and the bug won't be fixed because it's not a security bug. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. The political implications of this picture are pretty amazing. http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/waywewore/waywewore_28. html
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