Re: RM: lsbappchk -- RoM; superseded by lsb-appchk2 and lsb-appchk3 and obsolete

["Ian Murdock" <imurdock@imurdock.com>]

On 11/16/06, Matt Taggart <matt@lackof.org> wrote:
> "Ian Murdock" writes...
>
> > > > (whereas LSB 3 and higher will be backward compatible),
> > >
> > > I don't understand what this means. Are you saying newer LSB applications w
> > ill
> > > be able to run on older LSB runtimes? If so how would that work?
> >
> > http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB_Roadmap
> >
> > http://www.freestandards.org/en/Application_Compatibility
>
> Ah I see the confusion, you are talking about "forwards compatibility" (not
> backwards, that would be the case I described). That has always been a goal of
> the LSB, that's not new with 3.0. I think previous versions of the LSB have
> met that goal too, unless I'm mistaken (Mats can you confirm?).

Mats can confirm, but it's my understanding that LSB 3.0 is not backward
compatible with LSB 2.0, i.e., LSB 2 apps won't necessarily run on
LSB 3 runtimes because some symbols were removed between LSB 2 and LSB 3.

-ian
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