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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>
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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,

--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org  ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
http://www.imasy.org/~ume/



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