[gobolinux-users] Re: Compiling Glibc 2.3.6

[Rafael Guterres Jeffman]

Sean E. Russell wrote:

>Am I the only one who thinks this is a fairly significant problem?
>  
>
It is a very significant problem. But upgrading Glibc is a problem in 
every distribution. On Debian updating it means that you will have to 
update a lot of packages (often more than with a "distupgrade").

Although, updating Glibc is not done often, and could no be done at all. 
I'm still running 2.3.2 and I'm happy with it. Glibc should only be 
updated on major changes.

I vote that Glibc is only "updatable" when we release a new version of 
the entire distro, and it should not be available as a Recipe on the 
"standard store", or as a binary package. Maybe it is time for a 
"Development Store", and that each new version of GoboLinux comes with a 
"update distro" option/script.

The only reason I see for "forcing an update" is when a serious security 
flaw is found on Glibc, otherwise, all one gets is marginal benefits for 
too much trouble.

-- Rafael