need for flag for incompatible-changes

[Joe Buck]

On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 09:24:01AM -0500, Paul Koning wrote:
> > Clearly, if the names of the functions change (due to namespaces) but
> > their calling conventions did not (same argument types etc.) then the
> > linker can map old names to new names if it is told to do so.

rth writes:
> You know, at some point it becomes much easier to just
> force people (and companies) to rebuild the libraries.

I agree.  The only reason for some kind of name-munging trick would be
to support old executables that are available only in binary form.
That's a job that probably isn't worth doing by the egcs team.  If
a specific customer has a need for it, it might be a nice way for some
consultant to make a bit of money.