glibc2.1 [offtopic]

[H.J. Lu]

> 
> 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

Well, it is on the mainline now.

> you created it to fix.  Instead it creates more binary
> incompatibilities.
> 

It works for me. You never gave me a convincing example to show
it is broken. Maybe we have different opinions on what "broken"
means in this context.


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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)