On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:54:39PM -0800, Kevin A. Burton wrote: > Why can't you put an updated glibc in unstable and let 2.3.2 remain in > testing? Isn't that what unstable's FOR?
No. That interferes with the migration of other packages to testing, and generally makes it harder to create a release. > If you just put an updated glibc in unstable people like the Internet > Archive and Rojo wouldn't have to use an entire new distribution or > build from source (which I wouldn't mind so much as long as there were > instructions somewhere). > > Thread race conditions seems like a big issue :-/ Sorry, but building glibc is not for the faint of heart. If you download the source package, you may be able to add patches to debian/patches/00series and see if that works. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

