Re: Bug#259302: Patch update against base-files 3.1
reassign 259302 libc6
thanks
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Conclusion:
>
> - I would like to see those links in sarge (for amd64 only, no change
> for other archs) since they are currently essential for amd64 (glibc
> relies on it). What package provides them is no that important. In
> base-files it is realy simple to do so.
>
> - If the links are split out of base-files into other debs and those
> don't make it to sarge I would still rather patch base-files for
> sarge amd64 before I touch anything else. It is the simplest place
> to put them.
My conclusion: As the symlinks will not be there forever, it's glibc
who relies on them, and there might be potential problems at the time
of removing them if they are not in the same package as the dynamic
linker or libc6, I consider the glibc package should be the one to
manage the symlinks.
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