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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe stable" in the body of the message
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