Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 04:51:41 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: re@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shared library version bump? Message-ID: <ygey7x5vh2q.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605121342220.9359@sea.ntplx.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081648270.11616@sea.ntplx.net> <yge1wuzw7zi.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605121342220.9359@sea.ntplx.net>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Fri, 12 May 2006 13:44:58 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> said:
> I wish to fix following things which break ABI backward compatibility
> when libc version bump:
>
> - gethostbyaddr(3) prototype to conform to POSIX.
> - Fix wrong usage of EAI_MEMORY in getnameinfo(). It needs to
> return EAI_OVERFLOW.
> - Update res_update() and friends to BIND9's one.
> - Nuke some compatibility crufts for 6.X and earlier.
deischen> Go ahead. Just realize though, that after 7.0 is released
deischen> you will have to support any ABI from then on without version
deischen> bumps (meaning, you have to keep shims for any old 7.0+ ABIs
deischen> in libc).
Okay, I'll do.
Sincerely,
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Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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