Re: Once again: libc6 packages compatibility etc...
In article <[🔎] 199709160815.BAA03527@ceramic.fifi.org>,
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> libfoo5g: (Depends: libc6)
>
> libfoo5: (Depends: libc5, libfoo5g)
>
> To me having the opposite, that is a libc6 libfoo5g depending on
> a libc5 libfoo is at least annoying: this means that if I only
> have libc6 package depending on libfoo5g, I'll have to drag along
> the old libc5 libfoo5.
>
I agree. Having libfoog depend on libfoo would be like having ELF
libs depend on a.out libs. Someday, I would like to remove all libc5
binaries from my system. At that point, I don't want any libc5 libs
hanging around. Please don't do this.
Erv
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