Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 15:16:08 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fix for undefined "__error" and discussion of shared object versioning Message-ID: <199805250516.PAA19101@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199805250356.UAA08934@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "May 24, 98 08:56:54 pm"
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John Polstra wrote: > Exactly. Several people including myself have gone into ld with the > idea of fixing the above bugs. We all still have nightmares about the > experience. The bugs aren't just bugs, they're major design problems. > That's why everybody who really scrutinizes ld decides it would be a > lot easier to throw it out and switch to ELF. Oh, so _that_ is the reason for switching to ELF. Chuckle. It solves the old ld problems. Just a matter of perspective, I guess. 8-) -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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