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Date:      Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:43:48 -0500
From:      Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com>
To:        Darren Pilgrim <darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org>
Cc:        jeff@norristechs.net, isp@freebsd.org, 'Adam Jacob Muller' <adam@oxeo.com>
Subject:   Re: SHOUTCAST AND OTHER MEDIA SERVER. BSD 6 compatible?
Message-ID:  <43F0C554.6000407@vonostingroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <000b01c62e8d$33826d90$672a15ac@smiley>
References:  <000b01c62e8d$33826d90$672a15ac@smiley>

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Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> From: Adam Jacob Muller
>   
>> Try symlinking libm.so.4 to libm.so.2,
>>     
>
> DO NOT DO THIS!  Library version bumps are as significant as major version
> number bumps: the bump is due to some form of reverse-compatibility API/ABI
> breakage.  Symlinking over version bumps can produce unpredictable behavior
> and, in the case of a network program, create remote-exploitable bugs.
>
> If symlinking libraries was safe, the compat ports wouldn't install the
> older versions.
>
>   
Exactly. Install the compat ports, or recompile shoutcast from ports.


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