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Re: util-linux for sarge



On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 11:45:26PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org> writes:
> > A source of many issues, and divergence from upstream, was the hurd
> > patch, which was dropped in 2.12l-1.  Having that code, with it's bugs,
> > in sarge would be painful.
> Why not fix the bugs?

1) it quit compiling in 2.12-3 (2.12-10 is in sarge)
2) that code is the source of much divergence from upstream, resulting
   in annoyance there.
3) No one from the hurd camp has stepped forward to address the bugs.

lamont



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