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[patch] libunwind: Use .so with its major version number

From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:32:09 +0200
Subject: [patch] libunwind: Use .so with its major version number

Hi,

GDB currently dlopen()s `libunwind-ia64.so':
	#define LIBUNWIND_SO "libunwind-" STRINGIFY(UNW_TARGET) ".so"

and uses its symbol in a defined ABI way afterwards.
This makes an incompatible ABI change impossible.

`libunwind-ia64.so' should be used only for the build time while runtime should
use `libunwind-ia64.so.7' in this case.

libunwind author's approval:
	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libunwind-devel/2007-04/msg00006.html


Regards,
Jan

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