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From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>
To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
Subject: Re: symbol version for newly added functions in libc
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Hi,

>>>>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:32:44 +0200
>>>>> Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> said:

jilles> The symbol version used for the new functions in the stable branches
jilles> should be the same as in -current. This ensures that an executable built
jilles> on a stable branch will work on -current.

jilles> It is currently an accepted side effect that symbol versioning will
jilles> usually accept an executable from a newer version of FreeBSD, only
jilles> failing if and when an unimplemented symbol is needed.

Okay, Thank you for clarification.

Sincerely,

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