Bug#165554: __ctype_b symbol no longer available?
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:52:24PM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:23:35 -0700,
> Jeff Bailey wrote:
> > > > I've added debian/patches/glibc23-lc-ctype-compat.dpatch in cvs
> > > > experimentaly. I've just started to build and test this problem.
> > > > I hope all concerns are gone away.
> >
> > The only concern I see left is mine: How are we going to get rid of
> > this patch eventually?
>
> Yes, it's important. I think at least it applies until sarge freeze,
> or even after sarge release. Because debian stable user's old static
> binaries are still remained, we should wait thier movement.
> Jeff, Daniel, Ben, I also want to know your idea, if you have more
> comments.
There's a reason Red Hat put together this patch. Static binaries can
hang around for a very long time... I think that while this patch works
we should keep it. It may not be that long, because more uses of the
construct will crop up in glibc eventually.
[Recall that the patch fixes two compatibility problems: __ctype_b not
available for linking, and the _way_ in which it is unavailable
crashing static binaries.]
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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