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[Gordon Messmer]

On 2026-01-17 1:53 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Jan 17 2026, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>
>> What does "depends upon" mean in this context? If there is a difference in
>> the resulting shared library, I don't see it.
> $ readelf -V elf/ld.so | grep Parent
>    0x0054: Parent 1: GLIBC_2.2.5
>    0x0078: Parent 1: GLIBC_2.3
>    0x009c: Parent 1: GLIBC_2.4
>    0x00c0: Parent 1: GLIBC_2.34
>    0x00e4: Parent 1: GLIBC_2.35


OK, that's good to know.

What's the practical effect? Is there a reason to depend on a previous 
symbol set?