[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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