Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:28:19 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, ghelmer@palisadesys.com, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Can't run newly-compiled RELENG_6 programs under RELENG_6_1: missing __res_state Message-ID: <44BEDC33.4070909@FreeBSD.org> 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 wrote:
> 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 binary compiled on a newer version of the system on an older version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?
I forwarded ume the relevant info, since he's the architect of the change I
think we should give him a chance to respond.
Doug
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