Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:55:09 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New malloc breaks old libpthread Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0601170051260.10462-100000@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20060116212952.I4097@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Doug White wrote: > Got this trying to run an old Xorg binary on a -CURRENT machine I don't > update very frequently: > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.1: Undefined symbol "__malloc_lock" > > The libpthread.so.1 was from June 2005, prior to the libpthread version > bump. Unfortunately this means that RELENG_6 compatibility is broken in > -HEAD since the new libc.so.6 is not compatible with libraries built > against it prior to the merge date of the new user malloc. Don't do that. We don't guarantee -current libraries built on (vastly) different dates will run nicely together. > I guess its time libc's version number. We haven't yet for post-RELENG_6, > and this it the usual case calling for the bump. No. There's no need -- this is -current, and we have symbol versioning now anyways. > /me breaks out the paintbrushes, smocks, and dropcloths -- DE
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