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#323139
RM: altgcc -- RoM; obsolete
Reported by: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:18:22 UTC
Severity: normal
Merged with 328584
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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, debian-gcc@lists.debian.org, James Troup and others <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>:
Bug#323139; Package ftp.debian.org.
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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Package: ftp.debian.org
Joey Hess writes:
> The following is a list by maintainer of the 497 packages that still
> contain code in their postinst to create links in /usr/doc/. That's been
> a bug since 2002, and most of these packages have probably not been
> updated since then, since recompiling most of them with a current
> debhelper will remove the link code.
>
> Please fix your packages. Filing bugs on nearly 500 packages is
> something I'd prefer not to do, but it might come to that. We've been
> working on this transition for 5 or 6 years now, and it's about time to
> finish it.
> Debian GCC maintainers <gcc@packages.debian.org>
> altgcc
I didn't realize that this one still does exist. Please remove it from
unstable.
Matthias
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Message #12 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:14:45AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Joey Hess writes:
> > altgcc
>
> I didn't realize that this one still does exist. Please remove it from
> unstable.
A number of libc5 related packages still depend on it though, and
should be removed together.
ld.so: The Linux dynamic linker and library for libc4 and libc5.
libc: libc5
libdb: libdb1
libg++27: The GNU C++ libraries (libc5 version)
regex: libc5 version of regex libs
termcap-compat: Compatibility package for old termcap-based programs.
What do you think of this? Based on popcon stats libc5, it's hard to
say whether it's still really used, though I think it's pushing things
to still ship this stuff with etch.
--Jeroen
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Message #17 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:08:26PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:14:45AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Joey Hess writes:
> > > altgcc
> >
> > I didn't realize that this one still does exist. Please remove it from
> > unstable.
>
> A number of libc5 related packages still depend on it though, and
> should be removed together.
>
> ld.so: The Linux dynamic linker and library for libc4 and libc5.
> libc: libc5
> libdb: libdb1
> libg++27: The GNU C++ libraries (libc5 version)
> regex: libc5 version of regex libs
> termcap-compat: Compatibility package for old termcap-based programs.
>
>
> What do you think of this? Based on popcon stats libc5, it's hard to
> say whether it's still really used, though I think it's pushing things
> to still ship this stuff with etch.
>
I already proposed to remove the whole libc5 chaintools and
dependencies before woody release. A few users complained because of a
few old commercial programs (such as wordperfect and so)
which depends yet on it. I asked on d-d at that time. Probably a survey
could be conducted on d-u (I'm not subscribed) to know general
suggestions by our users. I still have the same opinion, the old
chaintool is now and always a pain to compile with every new release
of the current one, and has a good deal of bugs.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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Message #22 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:14:45AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
>
>
>A number of libc5 related packages still depend on it though, and
>should be removed together.
>
>ld.so: The Linux dynamic linker and library for libc4 and libc5.
>libc: libc5
>libdb: libdb1
>libg++27: The GNU C++ libraries (libc5 version)
>regex: libc5 version of regex libs
>termcap-compat: Compatibility package for old termcap-based programs.
>
>
I was planning on deprecating/removing termcap-compat anyways, so if it
gets removed at the same time as altgcc that's fine by me.
Christian
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Message #27 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Hi all,
Debian unstable & testing still carry around libc5, and some associated
packages like altgcc, libdb1, ld.so and a few others.
Is there nowadays still a use for these packages? Does the amount of
usage warrant the efforts it take to maintain these rather outdated
packages? I get a mixed reading from the popcon output, I don't know how
to interpret it accurately. Fact is though that libc6 has been in Debian
stable for over 7 years, since hamm was releaed mid-1998, and I think
Debian is like the only living Linux distribution out there still
shipping libc5.
Thanks for your insight,
--Jeroen
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:56:36 +0200
From: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
To: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl>
Cc: Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>, 323139@bugs.debian.org,
David Engel <david@debian.org>,
Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>,
RISKO Gergely <risko@debian.org>,
Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#323139: RoM: please remove altgcc
Message-ID: <20050816155635.GA23073@ba.issia.cnr.it>
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:08:26PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:14:45AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Joey Hess writes:
> > > altgcc
> >
> > I didn't realize that this one still does exist. Please remove it from
> > unstable.
>
> A number of libc5 related packages still depend on it though, and
> should be removed together.
>
> ld.so: The Linux dynamic linker and library for libc4 and libc5.
> libc: libc5
> libdb: libdb1
> libg++27: The GNU C++ libraries (libc5 version)
> regex: libc5 version of regex libs
> termcap-compat: Compatibility package for old termcap-based programs.
>
>
> What do you think of this? Based on popcon stats libc5, it's hard to
> say whether it's still really used, though I think it's pushing things
> to still ship this stuff with etch.
>
I already proposed to remove the whole libc5 chaintools and
dependencies before woody release. A few users complained because of a
few old commercial programs (such as wordperfect and so)
which depends yet on it. I asked on d-d at that time. Probably a survey
could be conducted on d-u (I'm not subscribed) to know general
suggestions by our users. I still have the same opinion, the old
chaintool is now and always a pain to compile with every new release
of the current one, and has a good deal of bugs.
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
----- End forwarded message -----
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Message #32 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
* Jeroen van Wolffelaar:
> Fact is though that libc6 has been in Debian stable for over 7
> years, since hamm was releaed mid-1998,
This suggests that we should give it three more years or something
like that.
However, if the packages aren't covered by security support anyway, it
probably doesn't make a difference to our users if we stop shipping
them.
> and I think Debian is like the only living Linux distribution out
> there still shipping libc5.
Are you sure? I would be very surprised if the "enterprise"
distributions didn't ship it as well.
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Message #37 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
> * Roger Leigh:
>
>> We can't provide proper security support, and by now, libc5 is likely
>> full of holes, so IMO it's best if we drop it. It's not like there's
>> any active maintenance or we can do any serious work on it: it's dead
>> code.
>>
>> If users need it, they can always grab a sarge (or older) CD and
>> install from that.
>
> I agree. Security support would have made the difference, but the
> rest you can get from a CD.
To follow up to the original report, the full package list for removal
(and applicable RC bugs) are as follows:
ld.so:
ldso
libdl1-altdev
libc:
libc5
libc5-altdev
libc5-altdbg
libdb:
libdb1
libdb1-altdev
libg++27: #322854
libg++27
libg++27-altdev
regex: #318198
libregex0
libregex0-altdev
termcap-compat:
termcap-compat
altgcc: #323139
altgcc
Regards,
Roger
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Message #42 received at 323139@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:56:36PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 02:08:26PM +0200, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:14:45AM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > Joey Hess writes:
> > > > altgcc
> > > I didn't realize that this one still does exist. Please remove it from
> > > unstable.
> >
> > A number of libc5 related packages still depend on it though, and
> > should be removed together.
>
> Probably a survey could be conducted on d-u (I'm not subscribed) to
> know general suggestions by our users. I still have the same opinion,
> the old chaintool is now and always a pain to compile with every new
> release of the current one, and has a good deal of bugs.
Right, I mailed -devel and -user, and didn't hear any objections. Risko,
David, please voice your objections now if you disagree. In absence of
objections, I'll proceed and remove those packages in two weeks or so.
Thanks,
--Jeroen
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We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:
altgcc | 1:2.7.2.3-2 | source, i386
ld.so | 1.9.11-15 | source
ldso | 1.9.11-15 | i386
libc | 5.4.46-15 | source
libc5 | 5.4.46-15 | i386
libc5-altdbg | 5.4.46-15 | i386
libc5-altdev | 5.4.46-15 | i386
libdb | 1.85.4-10 | source
libdb1 | 1.85.4-10 | i386
libdb1-altdev | 1.85.4-10 | i386
libdl1-altdev | 1.9.11-15 | i386
libg++27 | 2.7.2.1-19 | source, i386
libg++27-altdev | 2.7.2.1-19 | i386
termcap-compat | 1.2.3 | source, i386
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