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Re: versioning of _Unwind_*() symbols
>>>>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:41:52 -0700, "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> said:
>> But in any case, for libgcc_s.so, it's sufficient to have a dependency
>> on libunwind.so. The dynamic linker will then take care of loading
>> libunwind.so before loading libgcc_s.so.
HJ> The current Linux dynamic linker may or may not allow you to move a
HJ> versioned definition from one DSO to another:
HJ> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-09/msg00154.html
But if the _Unwind_*() symbols weren't versioned in the first
place, there would be no problem at all.
I do understand that versioning may make sense in _general_, but we're
talking about the C++ _ABI_ here. If it's not _binary_ compatible,
then it's simply not compatible. No?
--david