Re: Glibc Packaging Issues
Bruce Perens writes:
> From: david@elo.sw.ods.com (David Engel)
> > 1. Should the main packages be called glibc2* or libc6*? [Undecided]
>
> What's HJ calling the version he distributes?
I wasn't aware that H.J. was going to distribute a version. I thought
he was only going to help test and maintain it for Linux. Wasn't the
main point of going to glibc was to have one version maintained by the
FSF?
> > 2. Glibc provides the gencat, getconf and makedb programs. Should
> > these go in the libc6 package, a separate libc6-bin package, some
> > other package or nowhere? [Undecided]
>
> Gencat belongs in libc6-dev. Getconf could go in libc6-bin or libc6.
> I don't know what makedb does.
I can see gencat and rpcgen going in libc6-dev.
Makedb builds a db database from a simple text file. I don't know if
it's necessary. I suspect not.
I'm not sure what getconf is. As far as I can tell, it queries the
system for various POSIX-related parameters. It may be required for
POSIX compliance. If that's the case, I don't know which package it
should go in.
> > 3. Glibc uses NSS. Which package should probide the
> > /etc/nsswitch.conf file? [base-files]
>
> What's NSS? Is that like NIS?
NSS stands for Name Service Switch. It controls how various things
are looked up. For example, if you had the following line in your
/etc/nsswitch.conf file,
passwd: db files nis
libc would look for user entries first in a db database, then in
/etc/passwd and finally via NIS.
> > 4. Glibc provides the locale and localedef programs and the locale
> > data files. How should these be packaged? [New locale package?]
>
> Again, split between normal and -dev packages by function.
I don't understand what you are suggesting.
> > 10. Should profiling versions of libraries be packaged. [Undecided]
>
> If it's not too much trouble, please do so.
The only trouble is considerable longer build and upload times.
David
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