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Re: Reorganise struct bfd

From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw at lug-owl dot de>
To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:13:42 +0200
Subject: Re: Reorganise struct bfd
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References: <20140701111517 dot GD4471 at bubble dot grove dot modra dot org>

On Tue, 2014-07-01 20:45:17 +0930, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> for better packing.  Removes a field and a flag that are never set.
> 
> bfd/
> 	* bfd.c (struct bfd): Reorganise for better packing.  Delete
> 	"ifd" field.  Make "format", "direction" and "flags" bitfields.
> 	(HAS_LOAD_PAGE): Delete, renumber following flags.
> 	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
> 	* coff-tic4x.c: Remove HAS_LOAD_PAGE from extra flags in target vecs.
> binutils/
> 	* objdump.c (dump_bfd_header): Don't print HAS_LOAD_PAGE.
[...]

Since libbfd and bfd.h may be installed in a user's system and used by
other programs, isn't this an ABI-incompatible change that should
imply a version number change? Or do I miss something?

MfG, JBG

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