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[bug#60076] [PATCH RFC] Revert "gnu: glibc: Remove old versions."
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Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
[bug#60076] [PATCH RFC] Revert "gnu: glibc: Remove old versions." |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:03:38 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Marius,
Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skriver:
>
>> This reinstates glibc 2.22 through 2.28, by reverting commit
>> ebd1ba713cbefc9ad5dac609255e1344a328e360 ("gnu: glibc: Remove old
>> versions."),
>> adding two patches removed in d2bb4847b96e51b71126778bb16daa7674a6690c ("gnu:
>> Remove leftover patch files."), and partially reverting
>> 1feca4be5296d7f0c0e2269ccb612cadded6573b ("gnu: glibc: Remove versions 2.27
>> and 2.28.").
>>
>> Rationale: Keeping older glibc versions around is useful when experimenting
>> with 'package-with-c-toolchain'.
>
> IMO it's better to add these to 'guix-past'[0] instead of keeping them
> in the main channel.
>
> [0]: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past
Good suggestion. If someone shows interested in the series we could try
to have these contributed to guix-past. Otherwise if there's no
interest I'll close the ticket without merge in 2 weeks time.
Thanks for tipping in!
--
Thanks,
Maxim