From owner-cvs-lib Mon Feb 9 12:16:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA16229 for cvs-lib-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:16:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-lib) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA16223; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:16:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA04160; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 12:15:39 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802092015.MAA04160@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: John Polstra cc: Mike Smith , 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 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:08:53 PST." <199802092008.MAA04144@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 12:15:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-lib@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Compatibility note: Programs which use dlopen, if compiled on > > > systems with this change, will not run on systems with a libc > > > from prior to this change. Very few programs use dlopen, so I > > > think that is OK. > > > > Like, ah, Netscape, for example? > > No. Read it again. You can't take a dlopen-using program _built_ > on the new system and run it on the _old_ system. The Netscape > binaries available currently couldn't possibly have been built on > the new system. It didn't exist yet when they were created. You are presuming there won't be any new Netscape binaries? However, I think I follow your reasoning insofar as the issue is related to the libc major versions, which are different. (Modulo pre-change 3.0 libraries). Sorry for the misunderstanding. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com