Bug#278729: kernel-image-2.6-k7: kernel-image-2.6*-k7* and 2.6*-686* should recommend libc6-i686
On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 12:45:17PM +0200, AKL. Mantas Kriauciunas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 11:30:09AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 02:37:36AM +0300, Mantas Kriaučiūnas wrote:
> > > In package libc6-i686 description I see this info:
> > >
> > > This set of libraries is optimized for i686 machines, and will only be used
> > > if you are running a 2.6 kernel on an i686 class CPU (check the output of
> > > `uname -m'). This includes Pentium Pro, Pentium II/III/IV, Celeron CPU's
> > > and similar class CPU's (including clones such as AMD Athlon/Opteron, VIA
> > > C3 Nehemiah, but not VIA C3 Ezla).
> > >
> > > This package includes support for NPTL.
> > >
> > > As I understant from this information, most systems, which have these CPUs
> > > should have installed libc6-i686 package, so please add libc6-i686 to
> > > recommends field of all kernel-image-2.6*-k7* and kernel-image-2.6*-686*
> > > packages. Also I think, that all kernel-image-2.6*-amd64* packages should
> > > recommend libc6-i686 too.
> >
> > I am not so sure this is a good idea as libc is a part of the
> > base system, and thus not usually (ever?) included in a
> > package's dependancies.
>
> It seems you don't understand me. libc is a part of the base system, but
> not libc6-i686. There is no package in debian, which depends or
> recommends libc6-i686 package, so in most systems with 2.6-686 and k7
> kernel this package isn't installed :( You can view this situation from
> popularity-contest results - about 1500 people have kernel-image 2.6.x-686
> and 2.6.x-k7 installed (acoording to http://popcon.debian.org/main/base/by_inst ) but only less than 400 have libc6-i686 package installed
> ( http://popcon.debian.org/main/libs/by_inst )
>
> Kernel-images 2.6.x-686 and 2.6.x-k7 shoud recommend libc6-i686, because
> libc6-686 improves system performance when running with 2.6.x-686
> and 2.6.x-k7 kernel-images.
Thanks for the clarification.
I now agree with your suggestion.
I will get it into the tree, but
my TODO list is rather long today.
--
Horms
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