* David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050628 11:27] wrote: > On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:46:27AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > I just got bitten by an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 where my apps > > linked with c++ stopped working. The solution I had to do was to > > copy an old 5.2.1 libstdc++ over my 5.4 one. My question is, why > > wasn't the library version bumped for this incompatible change? > > Because 5.2.1 was 5-CURRENT. Not until 5.3 did we make any ABI stability > cares or guarantees. It was a conscientious decision the release > management team made. I'm sure one could have built a 5.2.1 kernel > module (.ko) that is broken on 5.3-RELEASE and 5-STABLE.
The difference between kernel compat and userland binary compat... [godwin's law] How very upsetting. Thanks for your help on chat though. Hopefully linking static against libstdc++ on the 5.2.1 machine will fix things. -- - Alfred Perlstein - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 408-480-4684 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"