Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 08:13:31PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > >> [quoting me, Frank] > >> > Secondly, I'd like to learn what this libunwind is about and why >> > tetex-bin is linked against it on some (many!) arches, but not on >> > i386. The package description wasn't really helpful there. > >> nfi about this, sorry. > > This is not "many", or even "some"; there is precisely one architecture > which includes libunwind7, ia64, where AIUI this library plays a role in > being able to properly debug program call stacks.
I was fooled by the fact that http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/testing.pl?package=tetex-bin lists all architectures as problematic where gcc-3.4 has not yet been built, and overlooked that this doesn't mean tetex-bin depends on libunwind on all these arches. > Why this library was suddenly deemed critical for the architecture after > we were already 3 months into a toolchain freeze is another question. This I'd like to know, too > FWIW, these questions seem more appropriate to debian-devel than > debian-mentors; these are not what I would call novice packaging > questions. :) When I asked the first question, I expected to turn out to be just a big misconception of mine. Well, moving to debian-devel, and Cc-ing Matthieu and Al, libunwidn maintainers. TIA, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
