[14] Backdating the ABI

[H.J. Lu]

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 12:58 AM Andreas K. Huettel
<dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> Am Samstag, 14. September 2024, 14:26:00 MESZ schrieb Florian Weimer:
> > * Add a way to link applications with an earlier glibc ABI.
> > * May need GCC and binutils changes.
> > * Unchanged system library dependencies?
> > * Is blaming glibc technically accurate?
> >
> [snip]
>
> Isn't this basically a complaint about
> "It's too hard to build against a non-system older glibc branch"
> ?
>
> Maybe adressing this would be easier.
>
> (/me timidly points at Gentoo Prefix...)
>

I have a script based on build-many-glibcs.py in glibc to create a toolchain
from any combinations of gcc, glibc and binutils versions.  I can use it to
compile any dependency packages needed by a project.


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H.J.