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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.
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> 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.
You misunderstood me. I'm not talking about the contents of the file.
I'm talking about the method of integrating add-ons.