Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:23:58 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: ghelmer@palisadesys.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't run newly-compiled RELENG_6 programs under RELENG_6_1: missing __res_state Message-ID: <20060719.182358.1791030231.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060719.181215.63038086.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <44BE8912.9010807@palisadesys.com> <20060719.181215.63038086.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: In message: <44BE8912.9010807@palisadesys.com>
: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@palisadesys.com> writes:
: : We just tried running programs under RELENG_6_1 that were compiled under
: : RELENG_6 checked out 2006-07-19, and couldn't because of the undefined
: : symbol "__res_state"l, which I would assume is a result of the recent
: : MFC of the BIND 9 resolver library. Is this to be expected? It will
: : cause a bit of a hassle...
:
: It is not officially supported by the project. You are running a
: binary compiled on a newer version of the system on an older version
: of the system. This has sometimes worked in the past, but is outside
: the area that's expected to work. There's been a number of breakages
: similar to this in past RELENG branches (there was one in 3.x and a
: lot on 4.x).
:
: Having said that, can someone track down the problem in more detail to
: see if there might not be something we can do to mitigate the problem
: in the older versions? What is __res_state?
Just saw Guy's followup note.
I'm unsure if we need a technological fix for this, or just a
documentation fix. How common is it for programs to use the
semi-public interfaces that yours used?
Warner
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