Re: [libunwind] adding libunwind to Debian/testing

[m . delahaye]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 06:22:45PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> Could someone help me with getting the latest version of libunwind
> (v0.96) packaged up and included as part of Debian/testing for ia64?
> Once libunwind is part of the normal Debian tree, it should be
> possible to simply rebuild the GCC package and get a libunwind-enabled
> GCC, which should yield much more reliable (and faster) unwinding.
> Considering the glibc now uses unwinding not just for C++ exception
> handling, but also for stuff like pthread_cancel(), reliability of the
> unwinder is really starting to matter.
> 
> Matthieu Delahaye already created Debian packages for a slightly
> earlier version of libunwind (see
> http://www.esiee.fr/~delahaym/libunwind/), so hopefully creating the
> updated packages is straight-forward.


At the URL you precised below, the packages for the 0.96 version are available
for testing. On a very short term, Al Stone or me will upload them.

Thanks,

Matthieu Delahaye

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