On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Charles Wilson wrote: > Well, you can cross these off your list... > > bzip2 + libbz2_1 > gdbm + libgdbm-devel, libgdbm3 > > Note that the following do not have any compiled portions, and are > therefore "ready for 1.5.0" > > autoconf > automake > libtool > autoconf-devel > automake-devel > keychain > > BTW, I think you *should* include the lower namespaces. Even though some > will NOT be ported to 1.5.0. For instance, libbz2_0 contains > /usr/bin/cygbz21.0.dll. But, cygbz21.0.dll is provided only for > backwards compatibility for any programs that might be around to use it. > However, there is no import library for it. > > Therefore, any NEWly compiled apps that link against -lbz2 will use > /usr/lib/libbz2.dll.a which points to cygbz2_1.dll. Thus, I updated > cygbz2_1.dll (libbz2_1 package) but not cygbz21.0.dll (libbz2_0 package). > > So, there are really five classes of packages: > > 1) already recompiled for 1.5.0 > 2) non-binary > 3) binary, but not for new use (e.g. could be recompiled, but why?) > 4) empty compatibility packages (newlib-man, texmf?) > 5) need to be recompiled 1.5.0 > > Of these 5 classes, only those packages in #5 need anything done. > Everything else is fine. > > So, for instance, > ncurses ncurses-demo libncurses7 libncurses-devel > are all #1's. But > libncurses6 libncurses5 > are both #3's. > > And, base-files is #2, while cvs is #5. > > Here's my first cut at a list. I know I've probably miscategorized some > things, but I tried to err on the side of putting stuff into #5 > ("recompile me now!") -- but we want #5 to get real small :-)
Thanks for doing this Chuck! I didn't have the time to traul through release/ but now you've done the leg work... :-) Elfyn -- Elfyn McBratney, EMCB | http://www.nongnu.org/wwwauth/ http://www.emcb.co.uk | http://www.emcb.co.uk/webauth/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | wwwauth-users AT nongnu DOT org