Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 22:47, Steve Long wrote:
>> I understand the ABI changes at major compiler upgrades, especially for
>> C++. Is this such a problem for C?
> 
> i think you misread his e-mail
> 
> regardless, stable ABIs guarantee forward compatibility, not backwards
> 
> you're also not considering the fact that any ABI can have a bump in its
> version # and thus break things, not just C++
> -mike

Um, not sure what I misread, but I accept that for a binary distro, all
packages will have to be compiled under the same "system configuration" so
we can't possibly use pkgs compiled by the devs; they'd have to be
recompiled under the same setup (toolchain + all other pkgs as well.)

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