glibc2.1 [offtopic]

[Zack Weinberg]

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:15:42 -0800 (PST), H.J. Lu wrote:
>> 
>> I'm interested in trying out glibc2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu (kernel
>> 2.2.1).
>> 
>> In the glibc2.1 FAQ it says that libstdc++ must be rebuilt.  So do I
>> understand correctly that I need to rebuild egcs-1.1.1 after
>> installing glibc2.1, and that all my existing c++ executables will
>> then be broken until they are relinked???
>> 
>
>Yes. That is true.
>
>I have been trying to tell everyone that please include my library
>versioining patch in egcs 1.1.1. But noone listened to me. That is
>one reason why I have to mantain an egcs for Linux. 

Your library versioning patch is broken.  It does not fix the problem
you created it to fix.  Instead it creates more binary
incompatibilities.

The patch that should be in 1.1.2 is the weak symbols in crtbegin patch.

zw