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Re: FreeBSD 4.6 - binutils 2.14 installs useless libbfd
On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 02:13:23PM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Furthermore, the parts of libbfd we actually use (namely, reading
> > symbols and debug info) have had stable APIs for ages.
>
> Incidentally, this is actually incorrect. The APIs are stable from
> the point of source code, but they aren't stable from the point of
> view of shipping a shared library which provides them. That's because
> of BFD's habit of using a vector of function pointers, and providing a
> lot of functionality via macros.
This sounds like ABI not API to me. Apologies if I've misunderstood you.
Nobody expects a stable ABI.
> I agree with that description. Nick is the overall maintainer, so he
> can make a different decision.
OK, thanks.
regards
john
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