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Re: Remove --disable-versioning


On 09/07/2013 11:59 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Sep 2013, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> 
>> On 09/04/2013 11:28 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>>> On Wed, 4 Sep 2013, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>>>
>>>> The patch is fine, thanks.
>>>>
>>>> I just wonder whether it deserves a mention in the NEWS file.
>>>
>>> Given that the --disable-versioning support has been bitrotten for many 
>>> years, I committed it without a NEWS mention.  Though there's also a case 
>>> for something like the previous entry
>>>
>>> * Compatibility code for Linux kernel versions before 2.4 has been removed.
>>>   Note that glibc is not expected to work with any Linux kernel version
>>>   before 2.6.
>>>
>>> for another case where long-bitrotten support for something was removed.
>>
>> Please add a NEWS entry. While it is true that it was bitrotten, this
>> is the definitive point in which the feature was removed and we should
>> be clear about that to our users via the NEWS which goes out with the
>> release.
> 
> I've added an entry:
> 
> * The configure option --disable-versioning has been removed.  Builds with
>   --disable-versioning had not worked for several years.

Excellent, looks perfect.

c.
 


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