On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 10:09:22AM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Mike Frysinger<vap...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > i think the question was one about packaging rather than general use ? if > > you > > build a package against a newer glibc version but it only uses older > > symbols, > > then in theory it should work fine with older glibc versions. if the symbol > > changes between versions, then it should have corresponding symbol version > > changes as well (which will automatically be recorded in the binary). > > Yes, the question is specifically about packaging. > > If the answer is "Debian does not prevent you from downgrading glibc, > even if you have new packages built against the new glibc", then I > accept that. >
With the correct shlibs and symbol files, all packages built against the new glibc will depends on libc6 (>= 2.10). This way it won't be possible to downgrade the libc6 packages is packages compiled against the new glibc are installed. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
