Re: binaries compiled on slink don't run anywhere else
Binary packages compiled on Hamm don't run on Bo, nor do all Bo packages
run on Rex. When you build packages, you often have to make sure that the
libraries you build with are the same as the ones on the target machine.
2.0.7u declares its lack of backward compatibility with shlibdeps, and by
conflicting with early sysklogd versions.
Many of the fixes in 2.0.7u come from backward ports of changes made to
2.1, so this problem isn't going to go away with future releases, and
stepping back to an older release only forces us to live with the bugs in
that version that are no longer present in 2.0.7u and 2.1.
It seems to me that we are better off to "bite the bullet" now, as it will
have to be dealt with when we move to 2.1 in any case, and moving
backwards doesn't help.
Luck,
On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.0.7u-5
> Severity: critical
>
> As you are well aware of, binaries compiled on slink won't run on any other
> system (not hamm, not RH, not hand rolled unless it's some specific version
> of glibc). Now, it's obviously a big problem because that means I can't
> compile anything on my debian system because I *know* it won't run on the
> machine next door.
>
> Solving this is a bigger problem than it might seem at first glance: a *lot*
> of packages have been already compiled against 2.0.7u, that means upgrading
> to a libc that doesn't have this problem would break things awfully (A
> library can be preloaded to supply the missing __register_frame_info in the
> mean time). Essentially this means slink's gotta be delayed to let
> developers catch up, OR a massive NMU has to be performed.
>
> A possible solution is revert to 2.0.7t, that wouldn't break too many things
> according to libc6's changelog, but that leaves us with the
> all-my-system-is-broken problem.
>
> Ideas ASAP welcomed!
>
> Marcelo
>
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