On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 08:36:43AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 02:00:08AM -0500, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > Clearly we need to test the libc6 in unstable to see if it breaks forward > > compatibility. Building packages in unstable against the "old" libc6 > > (while > > running them aganist the new one!) does just that. If we build everything > > in > > Why would you have to build those packages? Just install the new libc on > any random unstable system, and poof, hundreds or thousands of packages > built against the old one are instantly ready to test.
You've never ever encountered something that failed to build with a newer libc6-dev? <sys/time.h> versus <time.h> is an obvious example from a while back. We need to know about this kind of thing. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
