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Subject: Re: binary compatibility 6.2 -> 6.3
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On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:21:17 -0500 (EST)
Michael S <msherman77@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good day all,
> 
> I am running 6.2 with patches, however my package_site
> points to 6-stable. Upgrading binary packages gives
> this message: Undefined symbol "__sbmaskrune".
> 
> >From the few results Google returned, I realized that
> the packages in 6-stable are for the upcoming 6.3. I
> thought that major branches were compatible. Am I
> wrong?

Yes, the compatibility works the other way around, packages built
under 6.2 are supposed to work under  6.3/6-stable.