[uClibc]Re: _obstack_begin
Erik Andersen
andersen at codepoet.org
Fri Dec 13 22:00:08 UTC 2002
On Fri Dec 13, 2002 at 04:58:51AM +0300, Alexander Pevzner wrote:
> Hello, Erik Andersen!
>
> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:56:46 -0700 you wrote:
>
> EA> On Thu Dec 12, 2002 at 09:15:17PM +0100, Claus Rosenberger wrote:
> EA> > is the version 0.9.16 completly backward compatible to 0.9.15, means
> EA> > can i change the library on my system without compiling all programs
> EA> > are linked again uclibc ?
>
> EA> Quoting from uClibc/docs/Glibc_vs_uClibc_Differences.txt:
>
> EA> 3) uClibc does not even attempt to ensure binary compatibility
> EA> across releases. When a new version of uClibc is released, you may
> EA> or may not need to recompile all your binaries.
>
> Well, but the question was is it actually compatible or not. I beat you
> know the answer! :-)
It should be... But I havn't tested it and I make no guarantees.
> BTW, could you please include in your uClibc release announces the
> information about does the new version actually compatible with the
> previous, or not.
Nope. That will just encourage the wrong sorts of things.
Sometime soon I hope to start a stable series, and the stable
series should always remain compatible with itself... But that
is for some time in the future.
-Erik
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