Re: Bug#15859: libc5 in stable is horribly broken (fwd)
On 12 Dec 1997, Martin Mitchell wrote:
> "Scott K. Ellis" <storm@gate.net> writes:
>
> > Still doesn't solve the problem of the hamm libc5 conflicting with
> > libc5-dev and the bo libc5 conflicting with libc6. It is a compilation of
> > different breakages here. My concern is for people who still want to do
> > libc5 development WITH THEIR NORMAL SETUP while installing a few libc6
> > packages.
>
> That isn't possible, because of utmp breakage. libc6 users are expected to
> use altdev, that is the point of having altdev in the distribution.
Corruption of utmp/wtmp is a MINOR PROBLEM. Many people don't care if the
file is corrupted, they just want to use some libc6 stuff without being
forced completely into libc6. We used to be able to accomidate them
without all sorts of force magic.
--
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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