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Re: A patch to add --with-oldest-abi=ABI. [Re: A patch to add --disable-old-version.]
- To: Ben Collins <bcollins at debian dot org>
- Subject: Re: A patch to add --with-oldest-abi=ABI. [Re: A patch to add --disable-old-version.]
- From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at valinux dot com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:20:14 -0800
- Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at cygnus dot com>,GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <20001130132922.A11034@valinux.com> <20001130172636.A19978@valinux.com> <m33dg8gl3x.fsf@otr.mynet.cygnus.com> <20001201125225.B6136@visi.net>
On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 12:52:25PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
>
> I agree. For this to be worthwhile, it needs to support dropping the older
> interfaces, as opposed to being restrictive to just "the latest". Like if
> there is a 2.0 and 2.1 version (but no 2.2) for a symbol, just drop the 2.0,
> and keep the 2.1.
>
That is how my patch works. It basically drops the older versions up to
the version you specified. It depends on the correct usage of
#if SHLIB_COMPAT (...)
...
#endif
My patch exposed some SHLIB_COMPAT usage bugs, which I have sent a
patch for.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)