Re: [PATCH 1 of 2] libc: add disable-versioning and enable-oldest-abi to (e)glibc

["Yann E. MORIN" <yann dot morin dot 1998 at anciens dot enib dot fr>]

Bryan, All,

On Wednesday 10 November 2010 19:39:00 Bryan Hundven wrote:
> +config LIBC_DISABLE_VERSIONING
> +    bool
> +    prompt "Disable versioning information in library objects"
> +    default n
> +    help
> +      Do not include versioning information in the library objects.

Could you elaborate on why one may wish to disable symbols versionning?

> +config LIBC_OLDEST_ABI
> +    string
> +    prompt "Configure the oldest ABI supported [e.g. 2.2]"
> +    default ""
> +    help
> +      Setting this option, for example, to 2.2 will provide ABI support
> +      back to (e)glibc-2.2.
> +
> +      If this option is not set, (e)glibc will choose for you.
> +

I've split the patch in two: one to add the symbols versioning option,
and the other to add the ABI selection.

I have them pending here. Thank you!

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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