Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:22:53 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: libc shlib version Message-ID: <20001115142253.C34085@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200011152049.NAA58842@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:49:39PM -0700 References: <vqcd7g09vtq.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <200011131727.eADHR8c42388@vashon.polstra.com> <vqc8zqnmqkb.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20001113153325.D39667@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001114081845.A76050@dragon.nuxi.com> <vqcwve6td2i.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> <20001114155611.A94037@dragon.nuxi.com> <200011150721.eAF7L2G47704@billy-club.village.org> <20001115124445.A32318@dragon.nuxi.com> <200011152049.NAA58842@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:49:39PM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> This makes it harder to deal with mixed environments, but not hugely
> so.
Can you expand on this?
> We're not supposed to have major libc bumps in -stable.
I'm not aware of this rule since the switch to ELF. I don't believe it
is in the developers section of the Handbook.
> If it is a bunch of changes or if the changes happened a long time ago,
> then we have no choice but to fix the problem now and how the "window"
> isn't too disruptive.
Again, I don't think there is a [large] problem to fix. The way the
upgrade kits have been done in the past have been walking a tight rope.
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