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Re: real LSB compliance



Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> I'd do it, but I can't seem to find a source code bundle.  There are, as you
> probably noticed, aliened .debs in the FTP area.

You might want to try their sourceforge cvs repository. The lack of a
source code tarball was disconcerting, yes.

> >    Checking symbols in /lib/libc.so.6
> >    fgetpos64 has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting GLIBC_2.1
> >    fgetwc has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting 
> >    fgetwc_unlocked has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting 
> >    getrlimit64 has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting GLIBC_2.1
> >    getwc has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting 
> >    msgctl has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting GLIBC_2.0
> >    posix_memalign has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting 
> >    shmctl has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting GLIBC_2.0
> >    vfwscanf has version GLIBC_2.2, expecting 
> 
> Since glibc 2.2 is backward-compatible with 2.0 and 2.1, what is the point of
> these checks?  Looks like I have some documentation to read to find out what
> this tool is trying to accomplish.

Damned if I know. The spec does include symbol versions for most of the
symbols in glibc. It doesn't seem to say why.

-- 
see shy jo



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