Re: Packages that disappeared
Michael Meskes wrote:
> I noticed that some packages disappeared from the site. Could anyone
> enlighten me whether they are superceeded, not needed or whatelse happend?
>
> libstdc++2.8
> libg++2.8
>
> I know these are special cases since there is no source. But as long
> as we need the libs we need the packages, don't we? Or do we have
> recompiled everything? On my system there are packages depending on
> them (well I checked only libstdc++2.8 to be honest).
Dan Jacobowitz tried to make a libstdc++2.8 package, but he ran into
strange linking bugs. The generated library appears to be missing
some symbols.
Please look at the packages in http://master.debian.org/~dan/ if you
think you can help.
> gnome-mico
> gnome-mico-dev
> libgtktty-dev
> libgtktty0
> xadmin
These were removed at the request of their maintainer.
> pentium-builder
I think this was never in main; it was uploaded to experimental.
> movemail
I don't know about this one.
> x11amp-static
> mp3.8hz
These were removed due to patent or license problems.
Richard Braakman
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