Package: libc6-pic Version: 2.13-31 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Package descriptions for normal libraries that are pulled in automatically by install- or build-time dependencies aren't usually worth reviewing, but libc6-pic (and its variants) is a case where people should be able to find it when they need it, which bumps the Severity into the visible range.
# Description: Embedded GNU C Library: PIC archive library # Contains an archive library (ar file) composed of individual shared objects. # This is used for creating a library which is a smaller subset of the # standard libc shared library. The reduced library is used on the Debian # boot floppies. If you are not making your own set of Debian boot floppies # using the `boot-floppies' package, you probably don't need this package. Given that boot-floppies hasn't existed since Potato or thereabouts, this should probably be updated to mention the twentyfirst-century use case, assuming there is one. Maybe, stealing from libstdc++6-4.X-pic: Description: Embedded GNU C Library: PIC archive library Contains an archive library (ar file) composed of individual shared objects. This is used for creating a library which is a smaller subset of the standard libc shared library. The reduced library may be useful for custom installation media and in embedded systems. (No, I'm not going to ask for an expansion of PIC; it wouldn't make things any more intelligible to the uninitiated anyway.) -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6-pic depends on: ii libc6 2.13-31 libc6-pic recommends no packages. libc6-pic suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
