From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Announcing Binary Compatibility/Testing
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:49:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2004.10.15.19.49.12.958286@smurf.noris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1097709855.5411.20.camel@localhost>
Hi, Robert Love wrote:
> Any other incompatibility lies in libraries, but we have library
> versioning. There is nothing wrong with newer libs breaking
> compatibility so long as they have a different soname.
Glibc doesn't use library versioning. It uses *symbol* versioning.
Thus, for some library entry points you now see multiple symbols with the
same name but different versions (ancient vs. old vs. new "struct stat",
16- vs. 32-bit UID, whatever). As long as the header files you compile
against match the library you link to, it all works transparently.
For the library's user, that is. The author's job is harder...
--
Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@smurf.noris.de
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-15 19:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-13 22:16 Timothy D. Witham
2004-10-13 22:38 ` Timothy D. Witham
2004-10-13 22:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-10-13 22:55 ` Timothy D. Witham
2004-10-13 23:24 ` Robert Love
2004-10-13 23:36 ` Timothy D. Witham
2004-10-14 18:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-14 21:57 ` Diego Calleja
2004-10-15 19:49 ` Matthias Urlichs [this message]
2004-10-17 21:44 ` Kurt Garloff
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