Re: [parisc-linux] gcc-3.3 configuration

[Nicholas Leippe <nick@byu.edu>]

On Tuesday 20 May 2003 11:23 pm, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > If yes, does the following approach work: Build a libstdc++5-3.3,
> > conflicting with libstdc++5 (including libstdc++ with the same soname)
> > and doing binary uploads for hppa for all libstdc++5 dependent
> > packages? (The same could be done for m68k, but the compatibility
> > argument doesn't hold as Debian seems to be the only m68k based
> > distro).
>
> Aside from the evilness of doing binNMUs of this magnitude, I doubt a
> "transition" that doesn't change the SONAME will work. As soon as the
> new libstdc++ is installed, every c++ app on the box will instantly
> break. This means if anything happens e.g. to apt during the update, the
> system will get into a very nasty state. I don't think this is worth it.
>

How many critical apps are actually C++?  Is the apt suite itself?
As long as /sbin/* is C, I don't see this as a showstopper for migrating to 
using a superior mechanism, which imo, should be a big goal--the sooner it's  
taken care of the less problematic it will be...

just a thought...

Nick