Re: libc5 policy decision
On Fri, 01 Nov 1996 22:32:00 PST Bruce Perens (bruce@pixar.com) wrote:
> From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
> > Since the number of packages that don't work with the old allocator is
> > very small, 2 confirmed so far, this doesn't really make sense. What
> > would make sense is to build 5.4.7 with malloc-dl, and make the old
> > malloc available as a separate library.
> > In other words, the default behavior should be the new malloc,
> > malloc-dl.
> >
> > Would you reconsider?
>
> I will reconsider and go along with your proposal,
> but I reserve the right to revisit this question ten days before release.
Now, the question is, should we rebuild all packages so that they
link with 5.4.7, or will 5.2.18 be ok ?
And what is the list of packages which break under 5.4.7 ?
Phil.
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