[PATCHES] glibc 2.1, Linux, and chown
Ulrich Drepper
drepper@cygnus.com
Sat Dec 12 21:52:00 GMT 1998
Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> writes:
> A similar patch for sparc was added to the debian/patches directory
> of the Debian glibc-pre2.1 source package (glibc 2.1 test releases or
> snapshots) which means Debian/sparc is using a patched glibc.
> Debian/alpha is using a patched glibc as well.
This is really the worst thing you can do. It creates incompatible
libcs. If something gets rejected there is a good reason.
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