Tom Evans wrote: > I just wanted to mention that while the "stable" glibc is still broken, > a few people are trying to look at it - I recommend people check out the > conversation at: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=325600 > > I'm glad to hear that a new alphaserver is coming online for Debian devs > to use - I really don't feel "happy that we manage to get a glibc > package for alpha".
I reported elsewhere that version 2.3.999.2-11 (glibc-2.4) seems to work fine, and Uwe reported that libc6.1_2.5-1_alpha.deb is working also. If for some reason people require glibc-2.3, they will have to retrieve the sources for the stable package and apply the appropriate workaround patch (for the defunct processes issue). What I didn't report elsewhere was how long it took to do the complete 2.3.999.2-11 package build (in case anyone else is contemplating doing this)... Eight hours on my PWS 433au (576 MB RAM) with the current stable 4.1 compiler suite. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Tracy WTO + WIPO = DMCA? http://www.anti-dmca.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
