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Re: Comments on chapter 2 of FAQ - "Installation and configurationissues"
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:05:05 +0000 (UTC)
- Subject: Re: Comments on chapter 2 of FAQ - "Installation and configurationissues"
- References: <878vhglwv6.fsf@linux-6dv9.site>
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> Here's the table of contents with my comments on what to do with these
> items. I suggest to remove everything for ancient versions
> (libc5->glibc2 move, glibc 2.0/2.1/2.2):
I generally agree with these proposals.
> 2.15. After installing glibc name resolving doesn't work properly.
>
> Not sure.
Remove, I think. nsswitch.conf is still relevant, but this isn't a FAQ
now; it's effectively a libc5-upgrade question (people will now have a
good nsswitch.conf).
> 2.37. When recompiling GCC, I get compilation errors in libstdc++.
>
> Remove.
However, it may be useful to have a similar new question regarding the
siginfo_t changes and libgcc build failures - existing GCC releases
(predating Thomas's patches) won't build with current glibc because of
that.
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Joseph S. Myers
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