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[Karsten Behrmann <BearPerson AT gmx.net>]

"Thomas Blanchin" <tblanchin AT linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Hello sourcemagers.
> 
> I had not used sourcemage since a long time because of some unsupported 
> hardware problem.
> I was happy to test the new ppc-iso with 2.6.9 and nptl support. THe iso 
> was pretty good, and I reported the few bugs I encountered to benoit.
> The thing that surprised me, is that the iso installs gcc-3.4.3 and 
> glibc_20041110, which arn't either in the stable and in the test grimoire.
> 
> Then, I told benoit about that, and he said me that the easyest way to have 
> nptl support on ppc, was to modify the gcc and glibc spells so that sorcery 
> installs other realeases than them provided by stable and test grimoire.
> Problem is that :
> the gcc and glibc spells provided by stable or test make a brand new 
> installed software to crash, because of some problem of those 2 versions on 
> ppc.
Wouldn't the easiest way to solve this problem be to set those two spells
on "hold" and extensively document that?
  Karsten

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