As mentioned in [1] the long double data type did change from a 64bit representation to a 128bit representation on the alpha, powerpc, sparc, s390 targets with glibc-2.5 and gcc-4.1 (4.1.2). To allow partial upgrades, every library package not providing ABIs for ldbl64 and ldbl128 will need to be renamed (and keeping the soname). Both glibc and libstdc++ do provide support for both ldbl64 and ldbl128. Although the package name change is only needed for the architectures mentioned, it seems to be less error prone to make this change for all architectures. I'll file bug reports of severity 'serious' for each package which provides a library and uses the 'long double' data type in headers installed in /usr/include. Once these packages are renamed, a series of binary NMU's will be needed for packages depending on the old libraries.
Matthias [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/04/msg00234.html PS: I would be happy if somebody takes responsibility of filing these reports and and tracking the status of the transition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
