At 11:29 -0700 1998-10-17, Matt McLean wrote:
The most obvious one is that not every architecture has an 'egcc', because
egcs is the main compiler. So, we shouldn't be setting $CC.
That is not correct, the latest egcs packages provide a 'egcc' symlink on
every architecture.
--
Joel Klecker (aka Es
At 21:19 +0200 1998-10-10, Marco d'Itri wrote:
On Oct 09, "J.H.M. Dassen Ray\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
>> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
>IIRC, libc6 doesn't support IPv6; you need a beta version for that. So this
On 11 Oct 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Santiago> Well, kernel-package is a single package but it would be surely
> Santiago> a lot of work, since there are a lot of new drivers.
>
> What does not work for you using kernel-package on newer
> kernels? I have never had a problem, so far,
Hi,
>>"Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> Well, kernel-package is a single package but it would be surely
Santiago> a lot of work, since there are a lot of new drivers.
What does not work for you using kernel-package on newer
kernels? I have never had a p
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 02:34:28PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> > > Quoting Avery Pennarun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > > Slink is a badly-needed cleanup release. Don't hold it back for any
> > > > package.
>
> I still think that calling slink "a badly needed cleanup" implies that
> hamm is horri
Quoting Buddha Buck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Quoting Avery Pennarun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > Slink is a badly-needed cleanup release. Don't hold it back for any
> > > package.
> >
> > What needs to be cleaned up? Hamm's running fine here. Slink definately
> > adds value, but I don't think it's
> Quoting Avery Pennarun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > Slink is a badly-needed cleanup release. Don't hold it back for any
> > package.
>
> What needs to be cleaned up? Hamm's running fine here. Slink definately
> adds value, but I don't think it's something we desperately need _now_.
What needs to b
At 21:19 +0200 1998-10-10, Marco d'Itri wrote:
In the next weeks my site will go on the 6bone and I plan using debian
for our IPv6 gateway box. Where can I find a libc6.1 for intel?
Will the current netutils just work with IPv6 after recompiling or
do I have to patch it?
My glibc-pre2.1 packaging s
At 13:13 +0200 1998-10-09, J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\) wrote:
IIRC, libc6 doesn't support IPv6; you need a beta version for that. So this
is only an issue if we intend to release one of the libc6.1 using ports.
glibc 2.1 (2.0.9x until release) does not change the soname, symbol
versioning prevents that
Quoting Avery Pennarun ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Slink is a badly-needed cleanup release. Don't hold it back for any
> package.
What needs to be cleaned up? Hamm's running fine here. Slink definately
adds value, but I don't think it's something we desperately need _now_.
Mike Stone
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 09:11:10PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:05:17PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> > No, this would hold the release for at least two more months.
>
> Joey, that's exaggerated by a lot. But I agree with your reasoning-
I agree with Joey completely
On Oct 09, "J.H.M. Dassen Ray\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
>> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
>IIRC, libc6 doesn't support IPv6; you need a beta version for that. So this
>is only an issue if we intend to release
>> Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
>> Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
>>
>> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
>> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
>
>But some cannot be ported at the
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 09:28:32AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >various compilation of programs.
>
> I thought that was part of the idea of the glibc 2 header stuff..
Yes and no. There are some programs that depend on actual kernel headers.
I agree with Joey, kernel 2.2 should not go
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 06:09:56PM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 12:42:24PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote:
>
> > I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updated to work with
> > 2.2 properly (with the exception of pcmcia-cs); slink currently runs fine
>
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 02:07:15PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> Well, kernel-package is a single package but it would be surely a lot of
> work, since there are a lot of new drivers.
It works like a charm with 2.1.x kernels. (Kudos to Manoj!)
Ma
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 12:42:24PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote:
> I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updated to work with
> 2.2 properly (with the exception of pcmcia-cs); slink currently runs fine
> with 2.1.x (which I suspect quite a few developers run).
A little tiny line
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 09:06:30PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 06:40:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
> > just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
> > be pushed
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 01:20:34PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
> Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
>
> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
> supported), but n
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:05:17PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> No, this would hold the release for at least two more months.
Joey, that's exaggerated by a lot. But I agree with your reasoning-
> . We have several kernel module package that need to be re-packaged.
> . We have to rework on the
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 01:18:46PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> I do run 2.1.124 on my laptop and am really impressed by this
> kernel. It uses less memory and runs smoother under heavy load than
> any kernel I've ever used.
I have to agree. 124 is great on my notebook too. I'm just compiling 12
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 06:40:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
> just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
> be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY re-target slink
> towards 2.2.0
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:05:17PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Linux 2.2 is a good candidate for the next unstable to play with.
> I believe that it will be fun, but I also forsee that there will
> be problems.
>
> I hope our release manager won't jump on that train too quick.
Agreed. There a
Previously [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> We have to do that anyways for 2.0.36..
Only recompile, to work with 2.1 expect to fix a lot of code..
> When did we get sound modules? With 2.2.0 we could actually have some!!
You did know we have alsa packages, right? And they
even work with both 2.0 and
Previously [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Which is why I asked for another week to see IF we need to re-target,
> instead of asking for a re-target now..
Bogus argument. Kernels do not have a set release date, and 2.2 will take
a couple of weeks, esp. since there will probably be a couple of
pre2.2 ke
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 03:05:17PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
> > just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
> > be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY r
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
> just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
> be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY re-target slink
> towards 2.2.0?
No, this would hold the release for at
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 08:42:57AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote:
> Quoting J.H.M. Dassen Ray" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updated to work with 2.2
> > properly (with the exception of pcmcia-cs); slink currently runs fine with
> > 2.1.x (which I suspect
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 02:07:15PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On 9 Oct 1998, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> > Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
> > Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
> >
> > I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and
Quoting J.H.M. Dassen Ray" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updated to work with 2.2
> properly (with the exception of pcmcia-cs); slink currently runs fine with
> 2.1.x (which I suspect quite a few developers run).
Things like smbfsx that have 2.0 and 2.1
On Fri 09 Oct 1998, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote:
>
> > and the message Linus just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and
> > 2.2.0p1 could the freeze be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY
> > re-target slink towards 2.2.0?
>
> I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updat
On 9 Oct 1998, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
> Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
>
> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
We
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 01:20:34PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
> I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
> supported), but not "a lot of packages".
IIRC, libc6 doesn't support IPv6; you need a beta version for that. So this
is only an issue if we intend to release one
> I'm not aware of any software in slink that must be updated to work with 2.2
> properly (with the exception of pcmcia-cs); slink currently runs fine with
> 2.1.x (which I suspect quite a few developers run).
I do run 2.1.124 on my laptop and am really impressed by this
kernel. It uses less memor
> "Santiago" == Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Santiago> There are a lot of packages that would have to be recompiled
Santiago> for Linux 2.2. This will take time and a lot of testing.
I can see pcmcia (28-Sep-98 is needed) and netutils (so that IPv6 is
supported), but not "a lot o
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
> just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
> be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY re-target slink
> towards 2.2.0?
I don't think this
On Fri, Oct 09, 1998 at 06:40:54AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In light of the perl issues (see my last message)
A bug report has been submitted to ftp.debian.org to put the previous
version back, which means the perl issues need not be dealt with in the
current development cycle.
> and the
In light of the perl issues (see my last message) and the message Linus
just sent off to linux-kernel about 2.1.125 and 2.2.0p1 could the freeze
be pushed back a week to see if we should QUICKLY re-target slink
towards 2.2.0?
Thanks.
Zephaniah E, Hull..
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