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Re: Fix libc-abis handling for add-ons
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On 04/07/2010 10:49 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> No, it wasn't. As I've already said, it breaks the fundamental rules of
> how ports add-ons must be. It's possible we need to make things slightly
> more complicated to do it right. But this is not an acceptable solution.
Of course it is acceptable. The problem with any of these ABI
definitions is to not allow it to be screwed up by an incorrect change.
This is why I decided on the rules "always add at the end". With this
each feature has a constant ordering.
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