GOTO Masanori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The last time we tried a libc soname transition was >> years ago, took an entire release, and involved probably only 10% of >> the number of packages it would involve now. > > Does this "transition" mean libc5 -> libc6 ?
Obviously, yes? > If so, I guess the transition we're discussing about libc6.2 doesn't > affect so much packages compared with the past libc5 transition. Err, why wouldn't it? It's a soname bump for libc? >> Not to mention it was for all architectures - I have no idea how >> this could be sanely done for a single architecture. Remember you >> have to rename all the library packages... > > This transition is only for alpha. You still can't do a soname transition for libc without changing the name of every library package which means changing the source which means it'll affect all architectures. -- James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
