Re: Work for developers

[Dan Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 04:46:02PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 08:17:32PM +0200, Hartmut Koptein wrote:
> > ===============================================================================
> > | x11:                                                                        |
> > ===============================================================================
> > gwm_1.8c-10.deb 			(initializer elem. not constant)
> > tkdesk_1.0p1-3.deb			(depends on old tcl & tk)
> > ts_9804-1.deb				(copy error, deutsch/...)
> > vnc_3.3.2-1.deb				(gcc -c -o flag error)
> 
> WHAT?  You mean X is not a big bloody stinking mess that needs a complete
> rewrite just to be ready for glibc 2.1?
> 
> Surely you didn't test it.  I refuse to believe that any package that is
> such a PITA would cut me some slack on *this* point.
> 
> What, didn't you want to twiddle your thumbs for hours while the beast
> built?
> 
> Anyway, please get back to me.

Told you :)

I have the patches to build X on powerpc, and for glibc 2.1 itself it
had no specific problems.

Dan