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Re: why the shared libgcc version bump ?
- To: Christian Iseli <chris at ludwig-alpha dot unil dot ch>
- Subject: Re: why the shared libgcc version bump ?
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 27 Jul 2001 05:12:23 -0300
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <200106161425.QAA13179@ludwig-alpha.unil.ch>
On Jun 16, 2001, Christian Iseli <chris@ludwig-alpha.unil.ch> wrote:
> Just wondering if it was necessary to bump the version number of the shared
> libgcc for the 3.0 release.
No, it wasn't.
> AFAICT, it was bumped from 0 to 1, though nothing changed in the
> library.
Right.
> Is it only for cosmetic purpose, or was there some deeper reason ?
The reason was to mark that version as the first official ABI of
libgcc, i.e., the first that was going to be supported and that we'd
attempt to maintain unchanged for as long as possible.
It's not clear bumping the version number was advantageous, but it was
done.
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