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Re: Which libc should we use in the future?

You (David Engel) wrote:
> J.H.M.Dassen writes:
> > > Ok guys 'n gals, there it is: H.J Lu has just officially released libc 5.4.7.
> > > We are still using 5.2.18 (or glibc for the alpha).
> > 
> > Let's stick with HJ for now. The linux-gcc developers are cooperating 
> > with the GNU libc maintainers to make the transition as easy as possible.
> 
> This is the safest route right now.  
> 
> There is one catch with libc 5.4.x that people need to be aware of.
> Programs built with it may not run with libc 5.3.x or lower.  What
> this means is that once someone installs libc 5.4.x and programs built
> with it on their system, they can't downgrade back to libc 5.2.18
> without risking breaking things.  This could be a real problem for a
> developer who needed to update a package in the stable tree because it
> would need to be built with libc 5.2.18.  

Isn't this why we have Depends: ? If the .deb files depend on
libc5 (>=5.4.8-1) there isn't a problem, right?

Mike.
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