FAQS (Was: why does xlibs-pic exist?)

2001-12-27 Thread Lars Bahner
On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 23:31, Branden Robinson wrote: On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 11:43:18AM -0500, Jack Howarth wrote: THIS IS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO READ. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg00028.html It seems to me that much of the frustration and spirited debate

Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 07:47:46PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: My prophet, we are really glade to hear your non-constructive, needless and useless critism. Go away and use RedHat where you allways get working solutions, for more plattforms, better code, hotdogs falling from the sky, etc. etc.

Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-26 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:08:34PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: Robinsonitis seems to be a contagious disease... grr, i'm _always_ nice, and *never* rude. -john -- John H. Robinson, IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

[OT] Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-26 Thread Paul Duncan
* Branden Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snipped] THIS IS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO READ. Press the little button below tab and above left shift before sending any more messages. ;) -- G. Branden Robinson|If you wish to strive for peace of Debian GNU/Linux

Re: [OT] Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-26 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 02:02:26PM -0500, Paul Duncan wrote: * Branden Robinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snipped] THIS IS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO READ. Press the little button below tab and above left shift before sending any more messages. ;) It might surprise you, but I have

why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-25 Thread Jack Howarth
After a number of rants from Branden I rather confused now as to why xlibs-pic exists at all. As best as I can tell through the froth, Branden is saying that absolutely no static libs should be linked into a shared lib. The conventional wisdom on debian-powerpc seems to be that this should be

Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-25 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h Jack Howarth wrote on Tue Dec 25, 2001 um 11:43:18AM: After a number of rants from Branden I rather confused now as to why xlibs-pic exists at all. As best as I can tell through That is easy. You are not allowed to link static code into shared libraries on certain

Re: why does xlibs-pic exist?

2001-12-25 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 11:43:18AM -0500, Jack Howarth wrote: After a number of rants from Branden I rather confused now as to why xlibs-pic exists at all. THIS IS BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO READ. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg00028.html -- G. Branden