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Re: My proposal for the libgcc runtime ABI (ia64 gcc/glibc is broken.)
- To: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at cygnus dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: My proposal for the libgcc runtime ABI (ia64 gcc/glibc is broken.)
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 11 Jul 2000 12:21:03 -0700
- Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200007111910.UAA08798@phal.cygnus.co.uk>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Joern Rennecke <amylaar@cygnus.co.uk> writes:
> Actually, the same is true without shared libraries, if the users just
> want to keep using old .o files (inside or outside of static libraries)
> together with ones compiled with a new compiler.
In an ideal world, yes, you would allow this. But in general this is
nothing we can promise. Only the encapsulation inside a DSO can make
binary compatibility with somewhat changing interfaces a reality.
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