Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:27:18 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Carl Shapiro <carl.shapiro@gmail.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Subject: Re: binary compatibility query Message-ID: <20080510152718.788d638f@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20080510134833.J63808@fledge.watson.org> References: <4dcb5abd0805050540m292b319aw52aa2cb8ba018e12@mail.gmail.com> <481F0DB3.9070505@FreeBSD.org> <481F48EE.3050806@elischer.org> <481F4EED.2030300@FreeBSD.org> <4dcb5abd0805051132o77d68e36u3f0ad38630a02afd@mail.gmail.com> <481F6990.9010007@elischer.org> <20080510134833.J63808@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, 10 May 2008 13:50:48 +0100 (BST) Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2008, Julian Elischer wrote: > > basically if you rely only on the standard posix interfaces and don't do > > anything exotic then you will "probably" be safe. > For "raw" UNIX applications, this rule of thumb works well, but not for > applications that depend on third-party libraries, languages, or daemons. You can lose the dependency on third party libraries by compiling your application to a static binary. That will also help with the few breakages that occur with the system libraries, and with compatibility across major releases using the backwards compatX packages. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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