Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:26:03AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Russ Allbery wrote: > > > Usually I argue for relaxing it to a should. In this case, I think we can > > flesh out the exception somewhat better and preserve the must. > > > > Binary executables must not be stati

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Russ Allbery wrote: > Usually I argue for relaxing it to a should. In this case, I think we can > flesh out the exception somewhat better and preserve the must. > > Binary executables must not be statically linked with the GNU C > library, since this prevents the binary f

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert writes: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 06:00:13PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> This is the case that we're talking about here. In other words, >> *entirely* static binaries. What you get with gcc -static. > Thus I propose the attached patch. > (I used 'must' instead of 'should' sinc

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:46:48AM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Bill Allombert wrote: > > > --- a/policy.sgml > > +++ b/policy.sgml > > @@ -8466,7 +8466,11 @@ fi > > renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both > > programs must be renamed. > > > > - > > + > > +

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Bill Allombert wrote: > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -8466,7 +8466,11 @@ fi > renamed. If a consensus cannot be reached, both > programs must be renamed. > > - > + > + Binary executables must not be statically linked with the > + G

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2014-05-19 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 06:00:13PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Bill Allombert writes: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > >> Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, > >> Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked b

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2009-11-15 Thread Russ Allbery
Bill Allombert writes: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, >> Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries >> other than a brief mention in a footnote on convenience copie

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2009-11-15 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, > Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries > other than a brief ment

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2009-11-15 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 18:55:45 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Where was announced the requirement from the FTP team ? > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/10/msg4.html Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2009-11-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:43:18PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.8.3.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, > Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries > other than a brief ment

Bug#555980: debian-policy: No policy on statically linked binaries

2009-11-12 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Unless I'm missing something, and I did a text search through Policy, Policy is currently silent on the topic of statically linked binaries other than a brief mention in a footnote on convenience copies of code. I believe we should say th