[g++] find build_headers, toplevel

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Fri Dec 22 01:17:00 GMT 2000


On Dec 18, 2000, Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> wrote:

>> Besides, as soon as the v3 ABI stabilizes, we'll hopefully not have
>> another C++ ABI change in the next few years, and we're already
>> bumping the API number anyway, so it would be kind of pointless to
>> worry about it at this time.

> Well, I would be happier if we would worry _now_, instead of trying
> to cleanup later.

It makes no difference.  The only thing we have to guarantee is that,
whenever a binary incompatibility arises, the SONAME of the library
will change.  So, we can keep the SONAME simple for now and, if the
need for an additional SONAME tag ever arises, we can easily add it
back.

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