Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 19:59:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: re@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shared library version bump? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081954550.11616@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20060508.174813.89129442.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081648270.11616@sea.ntplx.net> <445FB11C.1000309@samsco.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081700490.11616@sea.ntplx.net> <20060508.174813.89129442.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Mon, 8 May 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081700490.11616@sea.ntplx.net> > Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> writes: > : On Mon, 8 May 2006, Scott Long wrote: > : > : > Daniel Eischen wrote: > : >> In preparation for release of 7.0, can we please have > : >> a shared library version bump? I'd like to enable > : >> symbol versioning by default. > : >> > : > > : > Sorry, this has been a low priority in my brain due to 6.1. > : > : No problem. I intentionally waited until 6.1 was just about > : done before pinging you again. > : > : > Yes, we do want this. You should send out appropriate HEADS UP > : > emails before and after it happens so that everyone is prepared. > : > Did you want to be in charge of all of this, or did you have > : > someone else in mind? > : > : I've not done this before. Is it just a matter of bumping > : SHLIB_MAJOR in lib/Makefile.inc and lib/*/Makefile? > > Hopefully this will be the last major bump for a long time... > Otherwise, why bother with symbol versioning at all... For libraries with symbol versioning, yes, that's the plan. To date, that's libc, libm, libthr, libpthread, and libthread_db. If other libraries become symbol versioned after 7.0 gets released, then those libraries will need another version bump. -- DE
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