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Re: bump libgcc_s.so version number?
- From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- To: Richard Zidlicky <rz at linux-m68k dot org>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 05 Jan 2004 12:05:27 -0800
- Subject: Re: bump libgcc_s.so version number?
- References: <20040105154935.GA23972@linux-m68k.org>
Richard Zidlicky <rz@linux-m68k.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> m68k-linux had exception handling changes that make libgcc (and
> libstdc++) conflict with the version from gcc-3.2. Would it be
> possible to bump the so version for gcc-3.4 ?
I believe there's little or no benefit to doing this, even if only for
m68k-linux; you just trade one kind of ABI breakage for a different
kind. The right thing to do is to use symbol versioning to supply
both the old and new routines in the same libgcc, and have them
interoperate.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>