Re: Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 12:06:16PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * "Martin v. Löwis" (martin@v.loewis.de) [030622 11:50]:
> > problem here (C++ ABI compatibility with other Linux distributions). The
> > discussion is now about *how* to fix this bug:
> > 1. just bump minimum supported i386-family processor to i486
> 1a. like 1, but just for c++-packages.
1b. Ban C++ and rewrite everything in C, and rejoice over the fact the we
are rid of the horrid kludge that is C++. (No, I do not expect this to
happen, and I do indeed expect flames for this... I've donned the
asbestos suite...)
> > 2. like 1, but bump to some other processor. this is not strictly needed
> > to fix the bug, but it might be a good idea for other reasons.
> > Dropping other architectures to fix this bug is probably not a good
> > idea, as it won't fix the bug.
> > 3. bump the supported processor, and rename the port
> > 4. like 3, and also add an i386 distribution which does not support
> > C++ at all
> > 5. like 4, but support C++ in a way incompatible with other Linux
> > distributions in the i386 distribution.
/David
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