Miquel van Smoorenburg writes ("Re: Alphas and libc dependencies"):
> You (Ian Jackson) wrote:
...
> > 2a. Give the package containing our version of glibc version 0 the
> > name libc5. 2b. Implement version numbers for virtual packages so
> > that we can use one here.
>
> I think 2b should be done; [...] if this would work:
>
> Provides: libc5_5.2.18-8, ldso_ 1.7.14-4, timezone_7.48-3, libdb1_1.85.2-8,
> libgdbm1_1.7.3-11
>
> it would solve a huge problem.
The problem is that this is quite a significant amount of work, and I
don't really have time to deal with it now. (Incidentally, the syntax
would be `Provides: libc5 (5.2.18-8), ldso (1.7.14-4)' &c.)
...
> Would it be very hard to put this in dpkg? Oh and would you like to have
> the Alpha patches for dpkg first so you can integrate them into the
> normal version (would make it easier for me).
Certainly you should send me your patches. IME architecture patches
fall into two categories: bug fixes where I made a mistake (which I'll
fix straight away if I can, for example by using your supplied patch)
and workarounds for architecture-specific braindamage. I've had some
problems with the latter and m68k and ELF, and I have to say that I'm
very reluctant to put in `workaround' patches. You have been warned
:-).
Ian.
