Bug#155606: Is the symbol problem with glibc ppc specific?
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 10:12:06AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> If you have a moment, perhaps you could resolve a curiosity I have
> about the symbols bug with glibc on ppc (#155606). This is just for
> my edification.
>
> I am curious if this bug is ppc specific, and if so why. Does the
> export symbols process work differently on different platforms, or is
> ppc using a different baseline version of gcc, or is the library itself
> different? Or something else?
The library interface varies greatly from platform to platform.
Basically, one has to find what symbols were exported in the past in
order to figure out what compatibility changes are needed.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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