Request for clarification on the 128bit long double requirments

Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
Mon Feb 6 21:24:00 GMT 2006


Roland McGrath wrote:
>>* If GCC 4.1.0 does not support the new ABI, but GCC 4.1.1 does support
>>that, would it be possible to activate the support on the GLIBC 2.4 branch?
> 
> This is not an option.  When glibc 2.4 is released, the GLIBC_2.4 version
> set will never change again.  Each platform will either change by the first
> 2.4 release, or it will not change until the next ABI-changing release
> (presumably 2.5, and not especially soon).

Thanks for the clarification and explanation.

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