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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: kdvi is broken by glibc2.1.1,  and maybe orphaned?
From:       Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-07-30 9:49:27
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On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Peter Putzer wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> > 
> > > > >   ** can this be done for kde-1.1.2 ? kdvi has become **UNUSABLE**
> > > > >     with RedHat 6.0 ..... (and maybe other glibc-2.1.1 systems (?) )
> > > 
> > > It seems to me someone should unbreak glibc instead.  What exactly needs
> > > fixing? 
> > 
> > Well, it looks like a fix for kdvi is more practical, doesn't it?
> 
> What? And perpetuate broken software on the masses?
> 
> Hmm.  Damn this calls for a snyde comment about RMS and the FSF, but I'm
> too tired to make one. 

We don't KNOW what exactly is broken, maybe the autoconf-tests are wrong?
I wouldn't be so quick to put the blame on glibc (but of course it may
indeed be at fault...)

Peter

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