On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:47:55PM +0200, Riku Voipio wrote:
> There is a major problem with gcc 4.4 and armel - the ABI of va_list
> changed (for c++ libraries). We need to decide one of the following:
What exactly have changed? The ABI (as said in the sentence before) or
the mangling.
> 1) library package name rename (like c2a rename previously)
> - Some hassle for !armel sid users while transition happens
No, this would be a armel-only change.
> 2) binNMU campaign
> - during the upgrade armel sid users packages will be broken (some
> already are)
> - even after, partial upgrades for armel users risk broken setups
There is no core package affected, so well.
> 3) g++ downgrade or reverting to the old va_list mangling within g++4.4
> for armel
Haha.
4) If it is only the mangling, add a compatibility symbol to libstdc++.
Bastian
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