libc6

[jackyman38]

Does anyone know if there are plans to upgrade libc6 on Raspbian? The current package is 2.13-38 and causing dependency problems.

[plugwash]

Does anyone know if there are plans to upgrade libc6 on Raspbian?

Raspbian wheezy will almost certainly stay on 2.13 for the life of the release for the life of the release. Raspbian jessie currently has 2.18

The current package is 2.13-38 and causing dependency problems.

Out of interest what software is giving you problems?

[Claggy]

Does anyone know if there are plans to upgrade libc6 on Raspbian?

Raspbian wheezy will almost certainly stay on 2.13 for the life of the release for the life of the release. Raspbian jessie currently has 2.18

The current package is 2.13-38 and causing dependency problems.

Out of interest what software is giving you problems?

The Debian seti_7.19~svn2051-2_armhf app, which is only available for Jessie and Sid,
Jackyman38 has supplied some fixes so it now compiles, and i supplied some packaging changes:

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/boinc-app-seti

But it requires libc6 (>= 2.17), he reported problems with signal handling when he try to run it on Pi (on Raspbian wheezy),
he's already running it on another device (a quadcore TV stick i think) with libc6 at 2.17 no problem,
I've since updated my Pi to Raspbian Jessie and am running the seti_7.19~svn2051-2_armhf app no problem too,

We're hoping we can interest Eric J Korpela to apply the fixes to the Berkeley source and produce a Stock armv6 Seti app for Linux,
But he's still trying to produce reliable Seti Android arm apps that work across a broad range of devices with arm chips of every type,
Or get it backported to Raspbian Wheezy, otherwise Seti crunchers will have eithier run the Daniel Carrion Seti app,
or wait for Raspbian Jessie to go mainstream (up to a year i understand?), when the code is available now,
I'm reasonably certain it's going to be faster, but i don't know how much faster yet,

Claggy