Greg Alexander a écrit : > Hello - > > If the next version of glibc stopped running under the Linux kernel, > period, would you also tag it upstream wontfix?
If the Linux kernel is something deprecated yes. > Seriously guys, when the glibc people make a big mistake like this, > you are not distributing a working distribution when you follow their > lead. upstream is not a carte blanche tag, especially on a critical > package like libc6. Please don't speak about things you don't know. Everybody except a few illuminated people think it is a good decision. > You're not going to make the decision as to whether or not Debian will > drop support for 2.4 linux kernels without some sort of wider public The decision has been taken for a long time and is not the decision of the glibc team only. > input. The fact that Aurelien tagged this as wontfix speaks of an > unbearable arrogance and we are all just fortunate that I am not > swearing at this moment. Other users who are even less polite will > follow. This problem will not be swept under the carpet. Because you think you are polite when you say "unbearable arrogance"? Fuck off. > What is a work around? This is a serious problem. > > Do I have to build libc6 without NPTL and then repackage it so debian > will let me install programs that improperly depend on the new version? > Yes if you have time to loose that seems a good idea. If you have even more time to loose you can backport the necessary kernel code from 2.6 to 2.4. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
