Re: __memcpy_chk family of functions

Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info> writes:
> I have updated some binary packages using pkg(8) but neglected to
> rebuild the world and my favourite web browsers no longer started
> complaining about the undefined symbol __memcpy_chk@FBSD_1.8
>
> Would that be a good idea to add that information to the Handbook and
> possible bump FreeBSD_version and add this info to UPDATING?

The purpose of UPDATING is to document changes that break backward
compatibility, i.e. running old binaries on a newer world.  What
happened here is that you tried to run newer binaries on an older world,
an issue of _forward_ compatibility, which we've never promised.
Besides, an entry in UPDATING wouldn't have helped you since your source
tree predated the change that would have added it.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org