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Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries
From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 10:20:53 -0400
"Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
Guy>and Ubuntu, being Debian-based, does the same. Presumably the Guy>version number didn't change because the binary interface to the Guy>library hasn't changed in a backwards-incompatible fashion for Guy>ages (new routines and other new capabilities have been added, Guy>so the binary of an app built with a *later* shared version of Guy>the library won't work with an *earlier* shared version of the Guy>library if they use those new routines or capabilities, but, Guy>modulo library bugs, the binary of an app built with an Guy>*earlier* shared version of the library should work with a Guy>*later* shared version of the library).- Correct, they do not update the package name because the ABI hasn't changed in an incompatible way. -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ Kyoto Plus: watch the video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx1ycLXQSE> then sign the petition. - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
Current thread:
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries, (continued)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries kielaka (May 27)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 27)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Guy Harris (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 27)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Artur Kielak (May 27)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Michael Richardson (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Guy Harris (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Guy Harris (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Romain Francoise (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Michael Richardson (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries kielaka (May 27)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Artur Kielak (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Guy Harris (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Ajith Adapa (May 28)
- Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries Artur Kielak (May 28)