libpthread shared library version number

LI Xin delphij at delphij.net
Thu Nov 2 02:35:20 UTC 2006


Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Daniel Eischen wrote:
>> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> I have noticed that libpthread shared library version number in 6-STABLE
>>> and 7-CURRENT is the same (.2), which causes all threaded application
>>> compiled for 6-STABLE to segfault when executed on 7-CURRENT system,
>>> unless libpthread.so.2 is replaced with with its 6-STABLE version which
>>> in turn will create problems with threaded apps compiled for 7-CURRENT.
>>> IMHO we should increase version number in 7-CURRENT, so that it is in
>>> the line of what we have for other system libraries.
>>
>> It should be done as part of a larger set of library version bumps.
>> All libraries should be bumped.  I believe kan and kensmith were
>> suppose to be looking at that.  We wanted to enable symble versioning
>> by default, so all libraries would need to be bumped.
> 
> Well, as I said the rest of the libs have already been bumped between
> 6.x and 7.x, I don't know if libpthread is exception. Perhaps somebody
> just missed it out?

Yes, I think it's time to bump the versions and make a compat6x package,
and I assume re@ would handle this at some point (presumably after 6.2-R)?

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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