From owner-freebsd-current Sat Apr 10 11:12:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from janus.syracuse.net (janus.syracuse.net [205.232.47.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A192214E61 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from green@unixhelp.org) Received: from localhost (green@localhost) by janus.syracuse.net (8.9.2/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA01105; Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:10:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:10:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman X-Sender: green@janus.syracuse.net To: John Polstra Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Libraries with library dependancies In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, John Polstra wrote: > Brian Feldman wrote: > > > YES! Make the mdXXX symbols all weak, so libmd can be added manually! > > Peter already mentioned why that isn't necessary. I just want to add > a caution to folks out there. Don't go wild with weak symbols. Think > VERY carefully (and get a review) before using them. They should > be treated as an absolute last resort. You can paint yourself into > a corner before you know it, and you won't find out until it's time > to upgrade something and you suddenly realize that none of your old > executables will run any more. > Which is why I do NOT advocate making / shared, but shared libs there would be useful still. > John > --- > John Polstra jdp@polstra.com > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA > "Self-interest is the aphrodisiac of belief." -- James V. DeLong > > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ | _ \__ \ |) | http://www.freebsd.org _ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message