Bug#158589: libc6: please provide an udeb
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 06:26:02PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Ben Collins
>
> | So we can make a udeb simply by copying the already built libs at
> | regular .deb creation? If it's that simple, please write up a patch to
> | the glibc build to do this. Please _do not_ ask us to do a special
> | optmized build just for creating udeb's. One build is enough right now.
>
> If we could save 300k off the libc, I'd say it might warrant a special
> build, though that's your call.
>
> I am sorry, but it's quite hard for me to build a libc6 to test my
> patch, so I would rather not do that.
So adding 10 hours onto m68k's build time for glibc is worth it? I think
not.
> | If you want a smaller special build, then I suggest getting uClibc
> | ported :)
>
> That might be a good idea, but I'd rather stay with a known good libc
> for now. :)
uClibc is less prone to errors, IMO.
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