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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:58:10 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bumping the minor number on the library? 
Message-ID:  <199802120158.SAA02279@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199802120152.KAA17111@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
References:  <199802120052.RAA01846@mt.sri.com> <199802120152.KAA17111@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>

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> >Since stringlist.c was added to libc, shouldn't be bump the minor number
> >of the library?  This just bit me when I updated, and adding new
> >functionality to a library implies to me a minor number bump.
> 
> Will there be a compatibility library? Or, it won't be necessary?

It's un-necessary.  Old programs will work with the new library, but new
programs won't work with the old library, hence the reason for the bump.



Nate

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