Re: glibc 2.2 and gcc (Was Re: something completely different)
On 3 Aug 2000, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> Can't you simply add a dummy package called lib6.1 that Depends: or
> probably even Predepends: on libc6. It will take a few releases before you
> can get rid of it but it would get the Alpha back in line with the
> other archs. And there's not ever going to be a real libc6.1 anyway.
Well, you can change the package name, but you must not change the soname
or you are going to break binary comaptiblity with every other alpha dist
out there. Our policy does say that the soname should be in the package
name which means this scheme is somewhat against policy too..
Jason
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