sys-libs/lib-compat contains binary libraries: ld-linux.so.1 (x86) libc.so.5 (x86) libg++.so.2.7.2 (alpha, x86) libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 (alpha, sparc, x86) libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 (ppc) libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (alpha, x86) libstdc++.so.2.7.2 (alpha, x86) libstdc++.so.2.8 (alpha, sparc, x86) libstdc++.so.2.9 (alpha, sparc, x86) If we assume that LICENSE="GPL-2" is accurate (I guess it's incomplete, but that's another issue and doesn't change the argument), then we are obliged to distribute the corresponding sources. Is there a record of the packages/versions these libraries were taken from?
i doubt we have it the ebuild only installs files for alpha & x86 at this point. pretty sure the alpha stuff was for binary-only packages (like ccc) which no one cares about anymore so we can drop that. that leaves x86 and unfortunately, it seems like there are some binary-only packages in the tree that want this. maybe we can transition them to lib-compat-loki and then drop this one altogether ?
Is libc5 still needed for anything, like users' old binaries? AFAICS, no other major distro provides it any more (Debian dropped libc5 around 2005, SuSE and Redhat even earlier).
i don't care about user binaries at this point. if they really need it, they can scrounge it up somewhere. it's the packages that depend on it that matter ... either we migrate them, or we drop them.
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #1) > maybe we can transition them to lib-compat-loki and then drop this one > altogether ? Looks like lib-compat-loki ships glibc 2.2.5, from 2002. It this a viable alternative, given that it has some security issues? <https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?email1=security%40gentoo.org&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&list_id=2354642&query_format=advanced&resolution=---&resolution=FIXED&short_desc=sys-libs%2Fglibc&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr>
Maybe both could be killed... but would need to confirm with games team if they are ok killing that games too. Other option would be to hardmask all of them :/
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #1) > the ebuild only installs files for alpha & x86 at this point. pretty sure > the alpha stuff was for binary-only packages (like ccc) which no one cares > about anymore so we can drop that. CCing alpha. Any objections against dropping your keyword? The package has no reverse dependencies that are keyworded for alpha.
alpha keyword dropped.
I scanned all reverse dependencies of sys-libs/lib-compat, and this is what they link against: games-action/mutantstorm-demo-1.33 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by mutantstorm-bin) games-action/phobiaii-1.1 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by linuxphobia) games-emulation/handy-0.82 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by sdlhandy) games-fps/rtcw-1.41b libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by wolf.x86 and wolfded.x86) games-fps/unreal-226 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by AcidGLDrv.so, OpenGLDrv.so, and UnrealTournament) games-sports/racer-bin-0.5.0-r2 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by various binaries) sys-block/afacli-4.1 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by afacli.bin) sys-libs/lib-compat-loki-0.2-r1 libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (needed by libsmpeg-0.4.so.0) tl;dr, the only library that is still needed nowadays is libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 (aka libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so). This was shipped with gcc-2.95.3 which we still distribute via our mirrors. How to proceed? Pack a new tarball that contains only libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3?
(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #8) > How to proceed? Pack a new tarball that contains only > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3? If there are no objections I'll bump the ebuild to install only this file.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=151be73b29e72ec45f4ed6f9c1408e7dc93a6931 commit 151be73b29e72ec45f4ed6f9c1408e7dc93a6931 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-01-31 10:30:42 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-01-31 10:31:50 +0000 sys-libs/lib-compat: Remove old. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/504952 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.21, Repoman-2.3.6 sys-libs/lib-compat/Manifest | 1 - sys-libs/lib-compat/lib-compat-1.4.2-r1.ebuild | 30 -------------------------- 2 files changed, 31 deletions(-)
