Bug#207806: libc6-dev: [ppc] source code compatibility broken 2.3.1->2.3.2

[Christophe Rhodes <csr21@cam.ac.uk>]

Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> writes:

>> This appears to be, unfortunately, necessary.
>> 
>> The missing item in your research is that Linux 2.6 now (just now)
>> passes the information in the new format.  Not all of the registers
>> which were necessary actually fit inside the old definition.  It had to
>> change.

OK, that's understandable, if unfortunate. :-/

>> The fact that they broke source compatibility is a bit annoying.  And
>> there's no good flag that you need the new kernel in order to use the
>> new interface.  Complain to libc-alpha and Paul/Steve if you want. Paul
>> tells me that binary compatibility should continue to work, and that
>> seems to be true, via the uc_regs pointer.
>
> However, breaking source compatibility was not necessary.  I'm
> discussing this with the kernel maintainer (Paul) now.

Thanks.  Let me know if there's anything I should do to help.

Cheers,

Christophe
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