Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:24:10 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libc shlib version Message-ID: <200011141624.JAA12366@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200011141236.HAA02062@lakes.dignus.com> References: <200011140426.eAE4QLN42986@vashon.polstra.com> <200011141236.HAA02062@lakes.dignus.com>
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> > > > I really wish we could keep the two version numbers from a.out, so I > > > > don't have to worry about stuff like this. :< > > > > > > You can, if you will accept some restrictions: > > > > ... description deleted .... > > > > *poof* two numbers... > > > > > > i.e. library version 10.20 would get 1020 as the Elf version number. > > > > Nope, that wouldn't provide the desired benefits. The whole point of > > having two version numbers is that they are treated differently. The > > a.out dynamic linker looked for an exact match on the major version > > number, and a >= match on the minor number. Doing what you suggest > > wouldn't accomplish that -- we'd still get the exact match on both > > numbers. > > Oh! You're right! We would need to change the loader to understand > the `scheme'. But, if we're going to change the loader, might > as well change the format, etc... If we're going to change the format, we may as well add 'subminor' support to it. But, like John mentioned already, this was argued about already once before.... Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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