Re: -altdev packages (was Re: Bug#16987: xpm4g: attempts libc5 build on sparc)
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> Juan Cespedes wrote:
> > On 12 Jan 1998, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> >
> > > I didn't realize there were that many altdev libraries. Since there
> > > never *were* libc5 X libs, I'd just as well not build altdev ones
> > > either -- it's not like we have a "bo" sparc release to support,
> > > right? Unless I hear some *really* good arguments, I'm not going to
> > > add an X altdev package, either...
> >
> > Maybe we should get rid of all the -altdev packages, and
> > `altgcc'?
> >
> > I don't know what's the best alternative. I only thougth it
> > was easy to build all the altdev stuff, and I did it.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> I built a altgcc package based on 2.7.2.3. I can upload it to help anyone.
> Furthermore, I'm repackaging libc5 for -altdev and will upload it soon
> (cwwith full sources).
> OTOH, libc5 library packages could be required to run any other binaries not
> coming from Debian.
>
But there is already an altgcc package and libc5-altdev. I uploaded
yesterday a bunch of library packages which used altgcc and libc5-altdev,
and built themselves libc5 compat packages....
Greg
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