In article <20080328004650.GE22378 netbsd.org>,
David Holland <dholland-tech netbsd.org> wrote:
>On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:25:22AM -0400, Christos
Zoulas wrote:
> > As part of pkgsrc, a binary. Like we did for the
a.out libc.12. Building
> > it will not be supported anymore, since both the
headers and the code will
> > be gone.
>
>I don't see why we couldn't keep it somewhere (e.g. on a
branch, or in
>othersrc) along with a snapshot of the kernel headers it
needs, and
>thus still be able to build it. It wouldn't be that hard
to set up, it
>wouldn't require much attention, and it would be useful
to have if a
>security problem came along. Particularly if a security
problem came
>along while there were still supported releases using
libc.so.12.
Yes, we should do that.
christos
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