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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!lynx.unm.edu!nntp.sunbelt.net!udel!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!newsie.dmc.com!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!ginger.lcs.mit.edu!wollman From: wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: shlib_minor from 0 to 1 Date: 26 Jul 1994 20:19:59 GMT Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 26 Message-ID: <313r5f$gkp@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> References: <3087d6$abn@quagga.ru.ac.za> <310fa1$c76@cleese.apana.org.au> <3112dm$gkr@quagga.ru.ac.za> <CtJoB6.Iqq@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ginger.lcs.mit.edu In article <CtJoB6.Iqq@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >It's possible that >something won't run because new functions have been added, but if >it does run it should run as well as a binary compiled with the old >library. Why not allow it? In point of fact, so far as I know we do allow it (and silently at that). However, there are enough programs that depend on the new functions (e.g., anything that uses `ctype.h') that we felt it was better to just tell people outright that you can't expect it to work (or, if it does, it's just serendipitous). Of course, we have done our best to ensure that old programs continue to function. FreeBSD 2.0 will use library version 2.0. Indications are that most programs from 1.1.5 will continue to work if the old libraries are provided. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant