Newer non-default glibc in backports? was: Re: Pepperflashplugin in backport does not work
op 14-09-14 08:17, Alexander Wirt schreef:
> I did the latest uploads of pepperflashplugin, unfortunately
> pepperflashplugin now links against GLIBC_2.14 which is not available in
> wheezy (see [1]). I am not sure if this happened by intention, but there is
> nothing we can do here. If upstream doesn't fix this, we will have to remove
> the pepperflashplugin package from bpo.
More a general question:
Wouldn't it be possible to make a backport of a newer glibc, and use it
as a non-default glibc with a mechanism where a package can choose to
use this newer glibc? E.g. with use of the "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
environment variable.
With regards,
Paul van der Vlis
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Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen
http://www.vandervlis.nl
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