Re: [Lsb-test] 3.0 tests depend on libc >= 2.3.5?

[Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org>]

Jeff Licquia writes...

> It appears that the tests now all depend on glibc 2.3.5.  Was this
> deliberate?

I assume you mean the test binaries themselves, and not what they are 
testing for. While I guess it would be ok for the tests to be built against 
the same ABIs in the version of the LSB they are testing for (since you 
should have that ABI present if you're testing) but I think it would be 
nice if the tests were built against something older for the people who 
knowingly have older ABIs and want to run the tests anyway to see where 
work is needed. Can someone from the upstream LSB test group comment on 
this?

> If so, is it legitimate for people trying to test Debian sarge (which
> only has 2.3.2) to override these dependencies?

The cert program will probably not like it, but I think it's legit for 
working on getting compliant.

Of course the tests really should be LSB compliant packages in which case 
they'd depend on a version of the LSB and not on particular versions of 
implementions of the ABIs.

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Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org