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Re: glibc 2.0.94, Linux, chown/lchown and non-i386 architectures


Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> writes:

> Is there any objection to applying the included patch[0] to get this into
> powerpc as well?

Some port maintainers object and I agree.  I wouldn't have added the
code for i386 if the stupiest Linux users wouldn't have Intel boxes
and would create a storm of wrong bug reports.  Note that no correct
program can break because of this change.

> I am working on the Debian GNU/Linux[1] powerpc port, and it'd be very
> helpful to us to have this code, we'd prefer to get this integrated
> upstream, since other GNU/Linux distributions will no doubt want this as
> well.

I would rather suggest to find the broken programs and fix them.  This
is the much better solution.

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