Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:51:29 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Tor.Egge@fast.no, eischen@vigrid.com, bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: installworld gotchas Message-ID: <20010211165129.A3041@mollari.cthul.hu> In-Reply-To: <200102120044.f1C0iLV01142@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:44:21PM -0800 References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010211190650.11437B-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <200102120024.BAA49364@midten.fast.no> <200102120044.f1C0iLV01142@earth.backplane.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 04:44:21PM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote: > > :> The new libc is incompatible with some old applications, but I'm not > :> too sure why. The lock was added at the end of FILE... > : > :The size of FILE changed, thus the old application and the new library > :no longer agree about the values for stdout and stderr: > : > : #define stdin (&__sF[0]) > : #define stdout (&__sF[1]) > : #define stderr (&__sF[2]) > : > :- Tor Egge > > This is a major change to libc. The library maj must be bumped if you > intend to change the sizeof(FILE), or every single third party application > that uses stdio will break. The major number has already been bumped, I thought. If this is true then we've only broken compatibility with older versions of -current after the version number was bumped but before this change, right? Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6hzORWry0BWjoQKURAkIeAJ9yxLiQ/ngKOfaYn00BU9xnP7GX4ACfS5o3 COZ/TNHEFUWTV2oLL7w8xIU= =4/pe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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