Test version of glibc 2.3.5-10

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Mon Jan 2 08:12:39 UTC 2006


On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 12:00:53AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> * ugly-hacks have to be transformed into proper fixes.
> 
> Maybe we can negociate conditionnal patching for the Debian package.
> dpatch supports that

I think it's a bad idea, because:

  - We don't really need it.  If some ugly hack needs to be conditionalised,
  it can be done in the patch itself (e.g. via __FreeBSD_kernel__).

  - It'll set a precedent in conditionalising _all_ our porting patches,
  including those that are clean.  As a consequence, we'll have to periodicaly
  send patch updates to the glibc package everytime they fail to apply (I've
  seen this happen in gcc, for example.  But here the patchset is much bigger).

-- 
Robert Millan



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