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Re: please be aware of the versioning on the C++ compiler


On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:03:08 -0700, Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hey y'all. Recently patches went in to address some C++ ABI issues. 
>
> For gcc:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-08/msg00174.html
>
> For gcc-3_2-branch:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-08/msg01670.html
>
> In the future, may I suggest that the following happen:
>
> 1) you add "C++ ABI change" to the ChangeLog entry.
> 2) you add notes to cp/NEWS for ABI breaks
> 4) you update __GXX_ABI_VERSION

No; this patch is a bug fix, not an ABI change.

> 3) you add a testsuite entry
> 5) you run 'make check-abi' in libstdc++-v3 in addition to make-check
> 6) if 5 breaks update the libstdc++.so

OK.

Jason


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