Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:15:16 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@rabson.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/gss mech Message-ID: <474D3FB4.2080301@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1196244617.1259.59.camel@herring.rabson.org> References: <200711272147.lARLluDr003360@repoman.freebsd.org> <1196239976.1259.38.camel@herring.rabson.org> <1196240571.1259.47.camel@herring.rabson.org> <474D3DA1.2000109@FreeBSD.org> <1196244617.1259.59.camel@herring.rabson.org>
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Doug Rabson wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 11:06 +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Doug Rabson wrote: >>> On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 08:52 +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 21:47 +0000, John Baldwin wrote: >>>>> jhb 2007-11-27 21:47:56 UTC >>>>> >>>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>>> >>>>> Modified files: >>>>> etc/gss mech >>>>> Log: >>>>> Update the shlib version for libgssapi_krb5. This file needs to be updated >>>>> anytime that library version is bumped. >>>>> >>>>> XXX: I wonder if this breaks any 6.x binaries using Kerberos5 via GSSAPI. >>>> This file is new in 7.0. >>> By that, I mean that in 6.x, libgssapi_krb5 is called libgssapi.so.<some >>> number I forget>. In 7.0, this becomes libgssapi_krb5 and applications >>> link with the GSS-API plugin framework libgssapi.so.8 (or 9 if the extra >>> version bump has been merged to 7.0). >>> >>> Does the number really need to be bumped for 7.0? It has already >>> happened at least once, when I committed the plugin framework. >> Yes, it was the same version as in 6.x but incompatible because it >> referenced all kinds of new libc.so.7 symbols not present in libc.so.6. >> >> The question is whether 6.x kerberos binaries will now run on 7.0 since >> the mech file points to an incompatible 7.0 library. > > I believe they will because 6.x binaries will link directly to the > Heimdal gssapi implementation which doesn't use the mechs file (it only > does krb5). OK good. We have some time to work out how to solve the corresponding problem that may occur with 8.0 then. Krishome | help
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