gcc 3.x test matrix

[H . J . Lu]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 12:10:23AM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> 
>    I never said it would be easy. However, we can ask the gcc developers
>    for the possible future changes in the libgcc_s.so ABI and make a new
>    gcc based on gcc 3.0.x to try them out. We don't even have to make any
>    real code changes, only the ABI changes.
> 
> Changes to the frame info registration blackbox ABI
> (__register_frame_info*, __deregister_frame_info* and
> _Unwind_Find_FDE) will require changes in glibc.  Richard has
> indicated that it's not very likely that such ABI changes are needed
> in the forseeable future.  There is no point in "testing" such
> changes.

As I understand, the whole point of dlopening libgcc_s.so.1 is for
such changes.

> 
> Other changes to the libgcc_s.so.1 ABI shouldn't affect glibc at all.

Why do we even need dlopening libgcc_s.so.1 in libc.so then? The one
in libc.so.6 should be as good as the one in any other libgcc_s.so.1.



H.J.