[Bug libgcj/38396] [4.4 Regression] libgcj_bc for 4.3 and 4.4 are binary incompatible but have the same SONAME

[jakub at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #6 from jakub at gcc dot gnu dot org  2008-12-10 11:14 -------
libgcj_bc.so is a dummy shared library, which is meant for ld(1) only and
provides just a subset of libgcj.so symbols that are for -findirect-dispatch
only and aren't changing ABI.
libgcj_bc.so.1 is supposed to be a small library with just DT_NEEDED
libgcj.so.LATEST and DT_SONAME libgcj_bc.so.1, providing no symbols at all.

-findirect-dispatch programs link just against -lgcj_bc, not -lgcj and thus can
be used against any libjava version that provides libgcj_bc.so.1.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38396