On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, David Given wrote: > Currently I am merely trying to figure out whether upstream's idea > of using a customised glibc is possible on Debian
It's always possible to do so. However, actually doing so requires that you convince the security team, the maintainer(s), and the release managers that having a duplicate copy of the glibc code and duplicating the associated work for any bugs found in glibc is worth the extra effort. The people who have responded to you so far strongly suspect that it's not worth the effort, but without knowing why the glibc we already distribute can't be used, it's hard for us to give you a definitive answer. Don Armstrong -- If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that, too. -- W. Somerset Maugham http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
