Re: About to remove libg++272 from frozen
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) writes:
> On Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 17:56:16 +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Richard Braakman writes:
> > > I will remove this package from potato in three days, unless you mail me
> > > a reason not to.
>
> > > Package: libg++272 (debian/main).
> > > 47212 [m68k] libg++272_2.7.2.8-1 build failure
> >
> > and it does not build for i386 as well...
> >
> > A solution proposed by Ray was to consider a libc6.0 runtime and build
> > environment as it was done for libc5.
>
> This would entail quite a lot of work; I'm not sure it's worth it.
>
> > > [Also takes out navigator 408 packages and netscape4]
> >
> > Is navigator 408 available for libc5 as well?
>
> An alternative would be to drop 4.08 and use libc6 versions of 4.7[12].
> Adam, how do you feel about this?
Ray, in a private mail you gave the argument, that the libg++272
shared library is needed by older propriatary software. Does the
argument still hold? I am ok with removing g++272 and
libg++272-{dev,dbg} from potato, but should the shared library be
removed as well?
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