[vox-tech] [aj@azure.humbug.org.au: Warning: glibc 2.3.1 entering testing soon]

[Mike Simons]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:32:27PM -0800, Dmitriy wrote:
> From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
> Subject: Warning: glibc 2.3.1 entering testing soon
> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 04:10:53 +1000
> 
> glibc 2.3.1-14 should be entering testing "tomorrow" (sometime around 30
> hours from now, depending on your mirror). Along with it, some 800 other
> source packages and all their binaries are expected to be updated. For
> those of you running testing systems, please take care of the next few
> days' upgrades, as a number of things *will* break.
[...]
> There may be undiscovered interactions between the software that isn't
> being updated yet, and the 800 packages that are being updated. Given that
> so many packages are being updated in a single hit, and that a number
> of core packages (gcc, perl, python, gnome, kde) will differ between
> testing and unstable, this is significantly more likely than usual.
> 
> In short, please take care administering any testing systems you rely
> on over the next few days.

- So how many people out there are using testing?
- Have any of you had problems with recent updates?