On Fri, 4 May 2012 17:05:39 -0500 (CDT), Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2012, Milan Jurik wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> does somebody see benefit in keeping these libs in Illumos: >> >> libresolv.so.1 - ABI incompatible with libresolv.so.2, I think it has >> been obsoleted from 1997 or something like that. Removal breaks 15 years >> old binaries but it can be easily added manually if necessary. > > I do have binaries on my SPARC machine built in 1993 which are still in > use. There are three binaries which depend on libresolv.so.1 (which is > 49 kilobytes in size). It seems wrong to abandon old binaries that > still work. One of the joys of Solaris is that old programs kept on > working. > >> libldap.so.4 - predates LDAPSSL work, last time relevant around 2001. It >> was "replaced" by libldap.so.5 which is Solaris fork of iPlanet aliance >> libldap. There are not many LDAP consumers so old and frequently you can >> see 3rd party apps use own copies of libldap. > > LDAP is likely a different story than something as low level and > intrinsic as libresolv. Programs using an old LDAP interface may be > rendered totally useless in the modern world. > > There should be a formal policy decision on the ABI age that Illumos > will support.
Just provide binary packages containing the libs (compat-something) and drop the source code (it isn't going to change?). ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
