Re: Glibc Packaging Issues
Kai Henningsen writes:
> david@elo.sw.ods.com (David Engel) wrote on 18.12.96 in <[🔎] m0vaSun-00016XC@elo.sw.ods.com>:
> > There are several issues that need to be resolved before I can package
> > glibc. Here is my current list of issues, in no particular order.
> > Please take a look at them and offer any advice you may have. My
> > current preferences are in braces ([]).
>
> > 5. Glibc provides the rpcgen and rpcinfo programs. Should these
> > replace the versions already in the netstd package? [No]
>
> > 8. Glibc provides the /etc/rpc file. Should this replace the version
> > in the netbase package? [No]
>
> These two should have the same answer, in any case.
>
> > 9. Glibc is really a collection of several libraries, including crypt,
> > db, nsl, pthread, resolv, rpcsvc. Should these be packaged
> > separately? [Probably not]
>
> Except for the export question (crypt) ...
Ugh! I hadn't looked into that yet, but I feared it might cause a
problem. As far as I can tell, this is the same crypt that is used in
libc5. Does anyone know why there isn't (or if there should be) an
export problem with libc5?
David
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