Re: glibc 2.1 and compatibility (Was: slink is gone, goals for potato?
> > >Will we have at least a libc6-dev which can coexist with libc6.1-dev
> > >so I don't have to run two machines to make my packages?
> >
> > That is impossible.
>
> In hamm, there was two environments (-dev and -altdev) to develop for libc6 and libc5. Why would it be impossible for potato? "I have no time to do it" is a valid reason but "impossible" is not, unless you explain.
Just to say it again: Lack of different -dev packages for glibc2.0 and
glibc2.1 will be a serious trouble for the build daemon machines
(doing recompilations for non-i386 archs). The two packages can be
conflicting, that's no big problem, but they must exist. (Ok, it can
be some kind of problem if many packages depend on the -dev packages
and all of them have to be installed in different versions, too.)
Roman
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