libstdc++ version bump.

[Alfred Perlstein]

* David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org> [050628 11:27] wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:46:27AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > I just got bitten by an upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.4 where my apps
> > linked with c++ stopped working.  The solution I had to do was to
> > copy an old 5.2.1 libstdc++ over my 5.4 one.  My question is, why
> > wasn't the library version bumped for this incompatible change?
> 
> Because 5.2.1 was 5-CURRENT.  Not until 5.3 did we make any ABI stability
> cares or guarantees.  It was a conscientious decision the release
> management team made.  I'm sure one could have built a 5.2.1 kernel
> module (.ko) that is broken on 5.3-RELEASE and 5-STABLE.

The difference between kernel compat and userland binary compat...

[godwin's law]

How very upsetting.

Thanks for your help on chat though.  Hopefully linking
static against libstdc++ on the 5.2.1 machine will fix things.

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