FreeBSD 4.11 binary compatibility (libm.so.2, etc)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 03:31:25PM -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
> It provides a temporary solution in some cases, when you need to get
> going.  It is not a long term solution.

It's bogus because a) the real solution exists and is trivial (install
the relevant compat port), and b) your advice *will* break
applications.

Shared library revision numbers are bumped for a good reason, of
course, namely because there are changes made that break backwards
compatibility.

Kris