Re: compiling with libc5
> I thought I was polite, but I try to be even nicer ;)
Are you kidding me :)?
> Debian happily uses some derivatives of commercial developmental suits.
> The most obvious example would be -dmotif and -smotif packages in contrib.
OK, point taken, -smotif libg++ packagres won't be possible without
a libg++27-altdev. (Do I care? no, but others may, I agree).
> Furthermore, as this is X development, this would require
> all X libraries to be libc5 compatible (as far as I understand, they are
> both libc5 and libc6 compatible and probably won't require -altdev or
> libc5-compat package. Correct me if I am wrong.)
Well, theoretically you aparrently are wrong, but practically you
apear to be right :): most "knowledgable" people warned me (and others)
that the libc5 compiled xlib packagres would be sure to contain
interesting features (that people with little faith would call
bugs, as Linus remarked about 2.1.44), but so far many X apps have
been re compiled for glibc, using the libc5 compiled xlib packages,
and no "features" have shown up yet, as far as I'm aware.
This could still mean though, that the libc6 compiled xlib packages
do give is those eagerly sought after features when compiling
libc5 stuff with them, but let's hope that won't happen.
> The only frequently
> required library for X development wich is _not_ part of standard X
> distribution left is xpm. Therefore I was wondering about availability
> of xpm4.7-altdev.
xmp may well posess the same features as xlib does, i.e. maybe we
don't need an xmp-altdev.
> Yes, but even _after_ hamm is releaed the will be many people with
> libc5 Motif, doing _development_.
(Actually, I'm not aware of Motif packages needing libg++, but never
mind).
> PS Do you think this discussion should rather go to debian-devel ?
Yes, I do, but since I guess this discussion is over now, it
doesn't really matter any more (well, at least we agree about
everything I believe).
>
> > Who needs a signature of 14 lines?
>
> I do. And you are the first one being irritated by that :(
Well, I'm sure my ex-girlfriend would like that signature, and maybe
I think it's cute too, but it _is_ rather long :(
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