devel environments are just runtimes plus header files, so the libraries won't overwrite each other, but header files will ?
--CQ > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Ledford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:03 PM > To: Tang, Changqing > Cc: Arlin Davis; general > Subject: RE: [ofa-general] Re: Dapl 2 question/issue > > > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 21:57 +0000, Tang, Changqing wrote: > > So can we install both v1 and v2 packages on a system ? At > the install time, we don't know the app will run on v1 or v2. > > Currently, you can install both runtimes, but not both devel > environments. > > > --CQ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Arlin Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 3:46 PM > > > To: Doug Ledford > > > Cc: Tang, Changqing; general > > > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: Dapl 2 question/issue > > > > > > Doug Ledford wrote: > > > > > > > > You *should* be claiming that regardless. The API between > > > dapl-1 and > > > > dapl-2 changed, some of which is fixed simply be > > > recompiling and some > > > > of which requires actual code changes. Just because the > > > library name > > > > is the same doesn't mean that code built and compiled > > > against dapl-1 > > > > could or should attempt to run against dapl-2 (unless I'm > > > wrong here, > > > > Arlin should really speak to this issue...if the dapl-2 > libraries > > > > provide backward compatible symbols via so symbol > versions, then > > > > it might be possible for a dapl-1 program to run against the > > > > dapl-2 library, but then that would beg the question of > why we are > > > > still distributing dapl-1 libraries in a separate > package, so I'm > > > guessing > > > > there is not a back compatible layer in the dapl-2 library). > > > > > > You are correct. dapl-1 programs cannot run against dapl-2. > > > That is why both v1 and v2 packages are provided. We have > to support > > > existing v1 applications while providing a transition path to v2. > > > > > > -arlin > > > > > > > -- > Doug Ledford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG KeyID: CFBFF194 > http://people.redhat.com/dledford > > Infiniband specific RPMs available at > http://people.redhat.com/dledford/Infiniband > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
