> OTOH, libc5 library packages could be required to run any other binaries not > coming from Debian.
altdev stuff already exists; my question is *why*. The answer appears to be that redhat had a bunch of libc5 X packages (I'm guessing, I joined the sparc side of the project late enough to be able to do a pure-debian installation...) However, mere existence of those binaries doesn't cut it. After all, practically everything from there exists in source form; we can just recompile and be done with it. Is there anything that's *not* recompilable that we need to be able to run? Otherwise, I'd just as well not build libc5 X libs -- they add a *big* chunk of time and disk space to an already immense build (and I only have an SS1+; if someone wants to send me an ultra and some faster disks, I wouldn't complain :-) In the meantime, I'm going to focus on getting a server to build (having snarfed enough missing defines from the sunos includes to get it to compile, I still need to find out where it lost functions like "GetTimeInMillis", in order to get it to link...) I'll also note that currently, only the x86 and m68k build altdev X libs. The alpha and ppc ports specifically do not (and my default as X maintainer is to leave it off unless the port really needs it.) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
