Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 08:39:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> Cc: re@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shared library version bump? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605210839001.7421@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <ygey7wvioud.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605081648270.11616@sea.ntplx.net> <yge1wuzw7zi.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0605121342220.9359@sea.ntplx.net> <ygey7x5vh2q.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <ygey7wvioud.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>
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On Sun, 21 May 2006, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > Hi, > >>>>>> On Sun, 14 May 2006 04:51:41 +0900 >>>>>> Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> said: > >>>>>> 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). > > ume> Okay, I'll do. > > Done. That's great, but we haven't had a library version bump yet ;-) -- DE
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