[Nix-dev] Old glibc versions

Ludovic Courtès ludo at gnu.org
Mon Feb 22 14:28:23 CET 2010


Hello,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl> writes:

> You can view the changes in this commit at:
>    https://svn.nixos.org/viewvc/nix?rev=20130&view=rev

[...]

> * Removed glibc 2.10.

Since some people are still using 2.5, wouldn’t it make sense to keep
such recent versions around, just in case?

Also, I think having older glibc versions can be useful for
portability/testing purposes.

Thanks,
Ludo’.



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