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Re: binary incompatible change in libnss_*.so.2


On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 13:18, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

> Why do we have a major version number for it and increased it in the
> past for binary incopatible changes? Why is this called "libnss*" and
> not "nss*"  like Solaris does?

Because of the build process.  That's even documented somewhere.

> The reason (you self explained it!) is,
> that in this way it is possible to link against this libraries. Why
> did you change your opinium about this?

Not from the outside.  These are clearly internal interfaces.

> Yes, and the result is that you are not able to support NIS+ with it.

OK, then find another way.  But don't use internal symbols.  Stop
arguing and fix your code.

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