Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-12 Thread Herbert Xu
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The full description of it is in the logs of bug#35049. It's a bug in libc6-dev which has since been fixed. If you look at the file libc_nonshared.a in slink, you'll find that the offending symbols didn't have the .hidden flag while they do now. > T

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-11 Thread Richard Braakman
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 07:47:26PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > As to the bash breakage, please quote the number. Thanks. The full description of it is in the logs of bug#35049. To get back to the policy proposal, I do think there are libraries that should not have shared versions. Namely, ones t

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-11 Thread Herbert Xu
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 09:20:48AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: >> Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > and neither is libc6 because some parts of it can only be linked >> > statically. >> >> Which ones? > /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a. It contains

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-10 Thread Richard Braakman
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 09:20:48AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and neither is libc6 because some parts of it can only be linked > > statically. > > Which ones? /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a. It contains atexit() and a lot of stat() functions. This has ca

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-10 Thread Herbert Xu
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 01:35:30AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Herbert Xu wrote: > > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > and neither is libc6 because some parts of it can only be linked > > > statically. > > > > Which ones? > > nss modules come to mind. You mean: $ l

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-10 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Herbert Xu wrote: > Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and neither is libc6 because some parts of it can only be linked > > statically. > > Which ones? nss modules come to mind. Wichert. -- _ / Nothi

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-10 Thread Herbert Xu
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This means that the current GCC 2.95.x package is not conforming to > the policy because it doesn't provide a shared version of libgcc.a, It's fixed in GCC 3.0. > and neither is libc6 because some parts of it can only be linked > statically. Which one

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-10 Thread Florian Weimer
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In section 11.2, it is mandated that every library provides a static > > and a shared version. I don't think this is appropriate, as there > > are programming languages whose shared library support is still > > evolving. > > > The whole discussion in t

Bug#100346: PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-09 Thread Herbert Xu
Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.4.0 > Severity: wishlist > In section 11.2, it is mandated that every library provides a static > and a shared version. I don't think this is appropriate, as there > are programming languages whose shared library s

Bug#100346: [PROPOSAL] Do not mandate existence of shared libraries

2001-06-09 Thread Florian Weimer
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.4.0 Severity: wishlist In section 11.2, it is mandated that every library provides a static and a shared version. I don't think this is appropriate, as there are programming languages whose shared library support is still evolving. The whole discussion in thi