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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject: Re: binary compatibility query
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Carl Shapiro wrote:

> If my binary only executes system calls indirectly through libc
> interfaces, as far as libc and libm are concerned, are new symbols the
> only thing I need to worry about?

I think so, yes.

Kris