On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 01:20:31AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:10:20AM -0400, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > Actually, it's that everyone's found the Linux kernel does provide a sane > > > and stable external interface. > > First time I hear someone saying that. Talked to Ulrich Drepper > > recently? (Just to pick someone who really relies on those interfaces > > heavily). > > No, but I've seen problems caused by glibc's API changing fairly > regularly.
If there is a change that breaks backward compatibility in public ABIs, then you should report it as a bug. If you talk about some programs (often proprietary software like Sun's JDK) and their improper use of internal symbols in GLibC, then it should not come as a surprise if those programs break. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]