Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:15:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-lib@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/csu/i386 Makefile crt0.c dladdr.3 dlopen.3 src/lib/libc/gen dladdr.3 dlfcn.c dlopen.3 Makefile.inc Message-ID: <199802092015.MAA04160@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:08:53 PST." <199802092008.MAA04144@austin.polstra.com>
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> > > Compatibility note: Programs which use dlopen, if compiled on > > > systems with this change, will not run on systems with a libc > > > from prior to this change. Very few programs use dlopen, so I > > > think that is OK. > > > > Like, ah, Netscape, for example? > > No. Read it again. You can't take a dlopen-using program _built_ > on the new system and run it on the _old_ system. The Netscape > binaries available currently couldn't possibly have been built on > the new system. It didn't exist yet when they were created. You are presuming there won't be any new Netscape binaries? However, I think I follow your reasoning insofar as the issue is related to the libc major versions, which are different. (Modulo pre-change 3.0 libraries). Sorry for the misunderstanding. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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