Scott Long wrote: > Andrey Chernov wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 09:15:27AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: >>> Andrey A. Chernov wrote: >>>> ache 2007-10-15 09:51:30 UTC >>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>> Modified files: >>>> lib/libc/locale utf8.c Log: >>>> Add comment explaining __mb_sb_limit trick here. >>>> Revision Changes Path >>>> 1.16 +5 -0 src/lib/libc/locale/utf8.c >>> When is the ABI damage from this going to be fixed? >> >> There is no ABI damage in -current. >> > > Exposing the __mb_sb_limit symbol has instantly created a need > to have a compat7x package, and is causing many users problems > during upgrades and normal operations. It may not be a problem > for you, Andre, but it's a problem for everyone else. Please > respect this and fix it.
Well, I think the problem is not exposing a new symbol by itself, but __mb_sb_limit is being used in _ctype.h, in a form of __inline functions. Therefore, the change will break new binaries running on older systems. Personally I think this is acceptable, but maybe we could have a better way to avoid this, because the binaries are no longer backward compatible (i.e. you may have trouble running a program compiled for 6.3-RELEASE on 6.2-RELEASE, if it uses locale bits). As a workaround as discussed with rafan@ we have installed a workaround for now, which installs libc.so.6 before all other shared objects, which will make the problem invisible. Cheers, -- Xin LI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
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