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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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