Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:27:01 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: kan@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libstdc++ version bump. Message-ID: <20050628182701.GA92486@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <20050628154627.GJ40423@elvis.mu.org> References: <20050628154627.GJ40423@elvis.mu.org>
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:46:27AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > I just got bitten by an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 where my apps > linked with c++ stopped working. The solution I had to do was to > copy an old 5.2.1 libstdc++ over my 5.4 one. My question is, why > wasn't the library version bumped for this incompatible change? Because 5.2.1 was 5-CURRENT. Not until 5.3 did we make any ABI stability cares or guarantees. It was a conscientious decision the release management team made. I'm sure one could have built a 5.2.1 kernel module (.ko) that is broken on 5.3-RELEASE and 5-STABLE. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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