> >>>>> Davide Libenzi writes:
>
> > Hi Tim,
> > You _must_ use Debian packages for glibc or patch original sources with the
> > patch supplied by Debian.
>
> I agree that a Debian package is better integrated in a Debian system
> - but using the released glibc 2.1.2 for a Debian system should work.
> Otherwise the Debian developers have done IMO something totally wrong.
I absolutely agree with Andreas here -- could you explain _why_ a
special Debian patch for glibc is critically necessary ? And why
wasn't it posted/discussed on the glibc mailing lists ?
I really like Debian but my home machine is completely
distribution-neutral (everything compiled from source) and I _need_ to
be able to compile packages on that machine and then count on the fact
that they run on a recent Debian release... Until now, this worked
reasonably OK.
Regards,
Wolfram.
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