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Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
> Do code syncs from glibc to gnulib happen on new glibc releases?

It depends. Some of Gnulib syncs soon after a commit to glibc master. Other=
=20
parts of Gnulib sync more lackadasically. Glibc release boundaries don't ma=
tter=20
much.

Conversely, sometimes Glibc syncs files from Gnulib. Though this is rarer, =
it=20
happened a couple of days ago:

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=3Dglibc.git;a=3Dcommit;h=3Deb04c21373e2a2885f=
3d52ff192b0499afe3c672

Come to think of it, we should update config/srclist.txt accordingly; I'll =
do=20
that shortly.

> If they do, then my chick-and-egg problem remains

I don't quite know what you mean by chicken-and-egg problem, but it sounds =
like=20
we don't have the sort of blockage that you're worried about.