Michael Meskes wrote: > I noticed that some packages disappeared from the site. Could anyone > enlighten me whether they are superceeded, not needed or whatelse happend? > > libstdc++2.8 > libg++2.8 > > I know these are special cases since there is no source. But as long > as we need the libs we need the packages, don't we? Or do we have > recompiled everything? On my system there are packages depending on > them (well I checked only libstdc++2.8 to be honest).
Dan Jacobowitz tried to make a libstdc++2.8 package, but he ran into strange linking bugs. The generated library appears to be missing some symbols. Please look at the packages in http://master.debian.org/~dan/ if you think you can help. > gnome-mico > gnome-mico-dev > libgtktty-dev > libgtktty0 > xadmin These were removed at the request of their maintainer. > pentium-builder I think this was never in main; it was uploaded to experimental. > movemail I don't know about this one. > x11amp-static > mp3.8hz These were removed due to patent or license problems. Richard Braakman