linuxconf complexity

[Jack Howarth]

On Nov 2,  1:20pm, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> What I do not understand is why it should have worked for any 2.0.*
> release.  I tested it with the 2.0.5 I have here and it didn't work.

Ulrich,
   That still doesn't answer the question. Is it logical to assume
symbols should export backwards even when the dynamic libraries are
associated via a link rather than a dlopen? If we disallow that
behavior we risk breaking software other than linuxconf (although
I can think of another case at the moment). However as a matter
of programming technique it would be nice to know if we currently are
too strict with our handling of dynamic libraries.
         Jack


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