On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 05:21:59PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Bootstrapping > > The current ld.so doesn't yet know about the final path (on i386), so > > libraries can't switch to using it or they'll fail to be found by the > > runtime linker. > > Since we don't want to wait until the next release cycle before being able > > to proceed to step 5, this does mean that a transitional dependency is > > needed to ensure a multiarch-compatible ld.so is unpacked before libraries > > unpack to /lib/i386-linux-gnu. > [...] > > If you think this is important to document in policy anyway, I can prepare a > > patch. > Yes, please. I agree with you that the normative component is already > taken care of by "don't be buggy", so if can be written in the > "informative" style, that would be great. Do you mind if I split the informative text off onto a separate bug report? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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