Daniel Stone wrote: > libc6 added interfaces between 2.3.2 and 2.3.5 and made several other > major changes, so all packages built with .5 depend on .5 or above, > in case you use one of the new interfaces. > > A binary built with 2.3.2 can run with .5, but a binary built with .5 > can't necessarily run with .2.
Then why not build your packages against 2.3.2? That would ensure maximum compatibility with Debian proper (which to most of the world is sarge, *not* sid, so don't answer that you're almost the same as sid). I don't begrudge your attempt to innovate, but I doubt your users consider a slightly newer libc innovation, particularly when it introduces problems like this. I strongly suspect they're more interested in your X.org and GNOME 2.10. Given that, a lot of this divergence seems pretty gratutious to me. P.S. - This whole thread is *exactly* the kind of thing I'm talking about when I talk about Ubuntu divergence from Debian and the kinds of headaches that are naturally going to arise from that. For debian-devel's benefit, the thread starts here: http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-June/008125.html P.S. - Don't tell me "build from source" is the answer--with a package system as advanced as Debian's, this shouldn't be necessary. And, as above, to most of the world, this is a non-started for many reasons. -- Ian Murdock 317-578-8882 (office) http://www.progeny.com/ http://ianmurdock.com/ "A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones." --Douglas Adams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
