glibc 2.1 and gabi

[H . J . Lu]

On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 03:46:40PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> 
> > glibc 2.2 is ok. The problem is the existing glibc 2.1 systems. The
> > binaries created by the new linker under glibc 2.1 may not run due
> > to those new dtags. I just sent in a new patch which turns off the
> > new dtag by default so that the linker can create the working binaries
> > under glibc 2.1.
> 
> OK.  That makes sense.
> 
> Ideally, you would want to only add the new tags when they make a
> difference to how the executable should be treated.  I don't know what
> the new tags do so I don't know if this is possible.

For the most parts, the new tags replace the old ones with a little
twist. They come from the new gABI.


H.J.