Package: libc6 Version: 2.10.2-2 Severity: minor Hi, Looking at the libc6 package description: ------------------------------------------------------------ $ apt-cache show libc6 Package: libc6 [...] Source: eglibc Version: 2.10.2-2 Provides: glibc-2.10-1 Depends: libc-bin (= 2.10.2-2), libgcc1 [...] Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library and the standard math library, as well as many others. ------------------------------------------------------------ I was surprised to find that the only reference to eglibc is in the Source: field. Contrast this to the package eglibc-source: ------------------------------------------------------------ Description: Embedded GNU C Library: sources This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build eglibc. ------------------------------------------------------------ As far as I understand, what the libc6 really provides nowadays is eglibc, right? Should that be reflected in the package descriptions at least somehow? Sami -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libc-bin 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Binaries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-3 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy pn glibc-doc <none> (no description available) ii locales 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information excluded
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