Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:22:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libpthread version bump Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0504221419510.24214-100000@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050422103141.F5855@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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On Fri, 22 Apr 2005, Doug White wrote: > Hey folks, > > The recent changes to implement the the %fs/%gs manipulation syscalls has > created a problem for 5.x compatibility. While libc has been bumped for > 6.x already, libpthread hasn't, so running 5.x apps on -CURRENT ends up > with the app pulling in the old libc correctly, but it pulls in the > current libpthread which depends on the new libc and the linker errors out > on the missing symbols. > > I think we need to bump libpthread's version to allow for compatibility in > 6. Then we can ship the old libpthread along with the old libc and the > Right Thing happens. I wish someone would work on getting symbol versioning working so we don't have to keep bumping library versions for things like this :-) -- DE
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