Debian 7.3 (stable) uses glibc v2.13, Debian Jessie (testing) uses v2.17, and Debian Sid (unstable) uses v2.18 so it looks like they've changed their minds. However, at present, the only way to run the current BOINC client on the current Debian version is to use either the "testing" or "unstable" sources. That, or download and compile your own BOINC client. I don't think most end users can or are willing to do that. I don't care too much if the latest BOINC version doesn't work since I usually wait until a few others identify all the issues with the current version so I can decide whether to upgrade. That is, unless BOINC keeps nagging me to use a version that I know won't run every single time I launch the BOINC manager. That gets to be really annoying.)
Yeah, I know Debian isn't as popular as it once was. In fact, since only RHEL, OpenSUSE, and Ubuntu are supported by nVidia and AMD's GPU toolkits, why not switch the official BOINC server VM's (and instruction on the wiki pages) to one of those? Then the same VM image can be used to build and test client apps as well as run the server. I'd be happy to help with that. Jon Sonntag _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
