On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 01:51:20PM +0200, Sylvain Le Gall wrote: > > Hello, > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 05:46:50PM +0200, Xavier Leroy wrote: > > > First, a few reminders: > > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=256900 > > > http://caml.inria.fr/pub/ml-archives/caml-list/2004/07/181268104b59b10ed1624cb92ed996c4.fr.html > > > > > > Is there any news on this issue? It seems it is still on topic in OCaml > > > 3.10.2... > > > > The plan of action that Sylvain Le Gall discussed with me a while ago > > was to track down the OCaml packages that use "ocamlc -custom" and fix > > them to use shared libraries instead. Many mature Caml sources still > > use the -custom option although it is no longer necessary. I can > > provide assistance tracking down the mixed bytecode/native executables > > that are a problem. > > > > To summarize, my take on this issue is: > > > > 1- "ocamlc -custom" is deprecated and packages that use it should be fixed. > > > > If this option is deprecated, i think we should handle it so for all > debian package. See at the end of the mail for a proposed way of doing > thing.
One question though which comes to mind while reading this thread. When was the -custom version deprecated, and what does this imply for the version of ocaml in debian which will ship with lenny. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]