+++ Helmut Grohne [2012-11-20 09:38 +0100]: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:10:04PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > Can I also just add the above Debian repo, do --add-architecture, > > and start replacing some packages? How can I for example, replace > > perl, on a running server? > > I would guess that using --add-architecture is a recipe for disaster at > this point. Since x32 is not supported in eglibc 2.13, Daniel Schepler > did the natural thing to do and used 2.16. So just installing libc6:x32 > will pull in the corresponding libc6 for amd64 and upgrade your > libc6:amd64 due to the nature of m-a:same. Other packages will likely > have a similar effect. Proper x32 support can only reasonably be > achieved in the archive when eglibc is updated to >= 2.16. See #667023 > and #672934 for further details. So by the end of the year we should be > there if Aurelien Jarno keeps his promise.
The same is true of arm64. I've been running eglibc-2.16 on amd64 (quantal, not unstable, admittedly) and not noticed any issues there, apart from quite a few build-failures, (due to gets removal and embedded gnulib copies for which I've filed patches) but I'm only using it on headless machines so far. It looks like aurel just uploaded eglibc-2.16 to experimental today so it'll get rather easier to test. (cheers Aurelien) http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/eglibc/news/20121120T100339Z.html I'll test cross-toolchains builds with those packages forthwith. Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121120122100.gx24...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk
