Re: Why are new package versions depending on libc6 in unstable?
On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 08:36:43AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:00:08AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > Clearly we need to test the libc6 in unstable to see if it breaks forward
> > compatibility. Building packages in unstable against the "old" libc6 (while
> > running them aganist the new one!) does just that. If we build everything in
>
> Why would you have to build those packages? Just install the new libc on
> any random unstable system, and poof, hundreds or thousands of packages
> built against the old one are instantly ready to test.
You've never ever encountered something that failed to build with a
newer libc6-dev? <sys/time.h> versus <time.h> is an obvious example from
a while back. We need to know about this kind of thing.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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