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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-01-21 14:17:43 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1999-01-21 14:17:43 +0000
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Update.
1999-01-21 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com> * elf/dl-close.c: Rewrite the way adding to the global scope works to handle error cases better than the last change. The l_global flag is now only set when the object is actually counted in the global scope list. * elf/dl-deps.c: Likewise. * elf/dl-open.c: Likewise.
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@@ -849,16 +849,16 @@ Another problem is that older binaries that were linked statically against
glibc 2.0 will reference the older nss modules (libnss_files.so.1 instead of
libnss_files.so.2), so don't remove them. Also, the old glibc-2.0 compiled
static libraries (libfoo.a) which happen to depend on the older libio
-behavior will be broken by the glibc 2.1 upgrade. The idea is to produce a
-libcompat.a that people will be able to use to link in if they want to
-compile a static library generated against glibc 2.0 into a program on a
-glibc 2.1 system. You should just add -lcompat and you should be fine.
-
-The glibc-compat add-on will provide the libnss_* files and other stuff so
-that it is possible to use static library compiled against glibc 2.0 for
-development on a glibc 2.1 based system. Please note that this is currently
-just an experiment, although the nss modules part should work.
-
+behavior will be broken by the glibc 2.1 upgrade. We plan to produce a
+compatibility library that people will be able to link in if they want
+to compile a static library generated against glibc 2.0 into a program
+on a glibc 2.1 system. You just add -lcompat and you should be fine.
+
+The glibc-compat add-on will provide the libcompat.a library, the older
+nss modules, and a few other files. Together, they should make it
+possible to do development with old static libraries on a glibc 2.1
+system. This add-on is still in development. You can get it from <URL>
+but please keep in mind that it is experimental.
? Source and binary incompatibilities, and what to do about them