Re: building old coreutils versions on new glibc systems

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 8/7/19 6:04 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Since it is something that may contribute to binaries I build (with
> the handy related build target), it feels like it belongs in
> version-control. Otherwise, if downloading from some web site, we'd
> have to verify the patches via gpg-signature or checksum before using
> them to build new binaries.

okay, fine.  Both variants have advantages and disadvantages, so let's
go for the variant easier to maintain.

I'll reply wrt/ the patch in the other email.

Have a nice day,
Berny