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Re: Request for clarification on the 128bit long double requirments
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:24:10 -0800
- Subject: Re: Request for clarification on the 128bit long double requirments
- References: <20060206204441.8509B180B30@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Roland McGrath wrote:
>>* If GCC 4.1.0 does not support the new ABI, but GCC 4.1.1 does support
>>that, would it be possible to activate the support on the GLIBC 2.4 branch?
>
> This is not an option. When glibc 2.4 is released, the GLIBC_2.4 version
> set will never change again. Each platform will either change by the first
> 2.4 release, or it will not change until the next ABI-changing release
> (presumably 2.5, and not especially soon).
Thanks for the clarification and explanation.
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