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Re: glibc2.1 [offtopic]
- To: zack@rabi.columbia.edu (Zack Weinberg)
- Subject: Re: glibc2.1 [offtopic]
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:44:24 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:15:42 -0800 (PST), H.J. Lu wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm interested in trying out glibc2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu (kernel
> >> 2.2.1).
> >>
> >> In the glibc2.1 FAQ it says that libstdc++ must be rebuilt. So do I
> >> understand correctly that I need to rebuild egcs-1.1.1 after
> >> installing glibc2.1, and that all my existing c++ executables will
> >> then be broken until they are relinked???
> >>
> >
> >Yes. That is true.
> >
> >I have been trying to tell everyone that please include my library
> >versioining patch in egcs 1.1.1. But noone listened to me. That is
> >one reason why I have to mantain an egcs for Linux.
>
> Your library versioning patch is broken. It does not fix the problem
Well, it is on the mainline now.
> you created it to fix. Instead it creates more binary
> incompatibilities.
>
It works for me. You never gave me a convincing example to show
it is broken. Maybe we have different opinions on what "broken"
means in this context.
--
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)