Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 14:04:35 -0800 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> 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: <199802092204.OAA04887@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:15:38 PST." <199802092015.MAA04160@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> You are presuming there won't be any new Netscape binaries? Of course not. Sheesh, I'm starting to suspect that you think I'm some kind of moron. All right, let's go over all the possible scenarios when Netscape makes their next binary release for FreeBSD. Scenario 1: Netscape builds their binary on an older version of -current, from prior to my recent change. Outcome 1: The binary will run on -stable as well as all versions of -current. Scenario 2: Netscape builds their binary on some -2.2 branch version (take your pick). Outcome 2: The binary will run on -stable as well as all versions of -current. Scenario 3: Netscape builds the binary on a newer version of -current, which contains my recent change. Outcome 3: The binary will run on up-to-date versions of -current. It will not run on older versions of -current, and it will not run on -stable. (Unless, that is, I have already merged my recent changes into the 2.2 branch -- which I very well might have done by that time.) But wait! Isn't outcome 3 a horrible, awful, intolerable situation? No. It's THE NORM around here. Applications built under -current normally will not run under -stable. For starters, as often as not the libc major version numbers are different. You are spoiled at the moment because, in contrast to the usual situation, -current and -stable both have libc version 3.0 at this time. What should be done about outcome 3? The proper solution would be for Netscape to build two binaries, one for -stable and one for -current. (Or, just one for -stable. It would work under -current too.) Again, that's nothing new, and it's simply an aberration that it hasn't been necessary in general recently. Suppose Netscape doesn't do that? Then, for people running -current, the course is clear: update your systems. People running -stable can either keep running an older Netscape binary, or they can bring in the libc.so.3.0 from -current, put it in a special directory, and do the usual tricks with LD_LIBRARY_PATH when they run Netscape. OR, I can merge my changes into the 2.2 branch and take away the problem. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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