Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries

[Romain Francoise <rfrancoise () debian org>]

Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:

> Presumably the version number didn't change because the binary interface
> to the library hasn't changed in a backwards-incompatible fashion for
> ages (new routines and other new capabilities have been added, so the
> binary of an app built with a *later* shared version of the library
> won't work with an *earlier* shared version of the library if they use
> those new routines or capabilities, but, modulo library bugs, the binary
> of an app built with an *earlier* shared version of the library should
> work with a *later* shared version of the library).

Yes, that's right.

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Romain Francoise <rfrancoise () debian org>
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