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Re: Got NEWS?
- To: hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu), egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Got NEWS?
- From: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 27 Jul 1998 16:30:15 -0700
- Cc: law at cygnus dot com
- References: <m0z0wel-00038oC@ocean.lucon.org>
>>>>> H J Lu <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> That is not the point. Suppose a Linux user installed egcs 1.0.3 under
> /usr/local and compiled/installed a bunch of C++ progams which use
> shared libstdc++ in /usr/local/lib. Now when he/she upgrades to egcs
> 1.1, his/her existing C++ binaries may not run at all.
This situation is not an issue, because the version number is different.
That sort of thing is mostly a danger to developers, not users. Which is
not to say that your patch is wrong (I haven't really looked at it), just
that it isn't critically necessary.
Jason