In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sheldon Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : If the final word on this whole issue is "You can't run binaries : compiled for 4.x-RELEASE on 5.x-RELEASE" then we should start puckering : up. : : Developers tend to remember these things and you don't have to screw : them too many times before they remove FreeBSD downloads from their web : sites and replace them with a brief message explaining that "We don't : have time to cope with FreeBSD's disregard for backward compatibility." : : At that point, whining about how they shouldn't have been fiddling with : these symbols in the first place is bound to be a fruitless exercise.
This is why I put __sF back, and made sure that 4.x had the right 'forward compatible' libraries. It is also why I backported the __std{in,out,err}p symbols. I hope that minor incompatibility within a minor release is offset by __sF not being referencede by any more libraries. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message