On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 04:01:11PM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote: > libstdc++6 is currently configured to use the mt allocator based on > discussions in April 2004 with upstream libstdc++ developers. This > configuration turned out to be a mistake (memory leaks and the > allocator is still buggy), other distributions did change back to the > new allocator (the default one) in mid-2005 (FC in July 2005). The > change does not have an effect on symbols exported from libstdc++, but > it does have an effect on symbols exported by libraries which use > containers (using an allocator) from the template headers. > The proposal by upstream is to configure libstdc++ to use the new > allocator again (the default one). > The change will break some libraries, as seen in #336114, which can be > fixed by rebuilding these libraries against a reconfigured libstdc++. > * Identify all library packages depending on libstdc++ and > exporting *mt_alloc* symbols. > * Rebuild these libraries and depending packages. Note that > partial upgrades won't work with this procedure. To make this work, we > would have to change the package name for all libraries affected. What do you propose as the new name for these library packages? (Apparently, these will then be the *real* "c2" libraries... but also incompatible with those already shipped by other Debian-derived distros under that name, such as Ubuntu...) Do we have any notion of how many libs are affected by this? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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