From: Tom Flynn (flynnt++at++engr.sgi.com)
Date: 04/04/2001 17:33:42
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Ben Moore wrote:
> So I went looking in the debian bug tracker for information about this
> problem and came across the following bug report:
>
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=92209&repeatmerged=yes
>
> Which basically ends up by pointing the problem back to "Performer isn't
> compiled correctly" and what needs to be done.
Performer is compiled correctly for the version of compiler and libc it
was compilied against (rh 6.0, gcc 2.91). the separating out of fstat and
stat didn't happen until much later on. Other distributions provide the
older versions of libc so that programs compiled against the older
compiliers will still run correctly.
> (another suggestion is
> that the compiler has to be upgraded, but that's not the problem since
> I'm using an even newer version than mentioned in the bug report).
I think what they want is for Performer to be compiled against the exact
version of the compiler they want.
I know at least four other distributions that provide the newer compilers
and libcs and still provide backwards compatablility just fine and
don't have a problem with Performer.
Perhaps this means that for the next release of Performer we'll have to
special case Debian when we've never had to before.
-tom
-- "Mongooses are famous for their snake-fighting ability, and are almost always victorious because of their speed, agility, and timing and also because of their thick coat."
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