Package: src:eglibc Version: 2.13-27 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Blocks: 667005
gcc-4.7 and binutils (2.22) already provide support for the x32 abi. The missing piece to producing x32 binaries is a c library. Patches are available at git://github.com/hjl-tools/glibc.git. An aspect that makes supporting x32 more difficult is that glibc is currently compiled using gcc-4.4 whereas the x32 abi requires at least gcc-4.7. Switching compiler version is not a lightly taken decision and especially not this late in the freeze process. I estimate the diff between 2.13 and 2.13+x32 to be around 202 files changed, 3967 insertions, 218 deletions, and 568 modifications. Due to the ongoing multiarch transition another question should be asked: Should the new package be libc6-x32:amd64 or libc6:x32? Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120403130210.GA17099@localhost
