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Date:      Mon, 09 Feb 1998 11:55:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        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:  <199802091955.LAA04068@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Feb 1998 22:05:33 PST." <199802090605.WAA17763@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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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?

I think this was a *very* poorly considered change.
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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