Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 03:36:17 +0200 From: Kent Boortz <kent@erlang.ericsson.se> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: kent@erlang.ericsson.se Subject: Application os version compatibility? Message-ID: <199707060136.DAA28936@townsend.ericsson.se>
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I know some just link "libc.2.2" to "libc.3.0" to get *some*
applications working that was built for another os version than
the one running but there must be a better way to create
applications that will survive over os version?
A reasonable rule would be that
- If changing the third version number applications with
shared libraries will still work.
- If changing the second number staticly linked will still work.
- If changing the first number we may have to recompile the
whole thing and do a new release.
Is there an official rule similar to this in FreeBSD?
If the application in question was distributed with full source
this wouldn't be a big problem but unfortunately it isn't.
Please include my email address in the "To" or "Cc" field because
I'm not on the "freebsd-hackers" list.
Thank you in advance,
/kgb
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