From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep03-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.73]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5AB7482C for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 08:22:58 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:24:05 -0400 From: Carlos O'Donell To: Randolph Chung Cc: Matthias Klose , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, debian-hppa@lists.debian.org, debian-gcc@lists.debian.org, m68k-build@nocrew.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] gcc-3.3 configuration Message-ID: <20030522142405.GK21858@systemhalted> References: <16074.48509.259405.775905@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20030521052351.GV548@tausq.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20030521052351.GV548@tausq.org> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > Aside from the evilness of doing binNMUs of this magnitude, I doubt a > "transition" that doesn't change the SONAME will work. As soon as the > new libstdc++ is installed, every c++ app on the box will instantly > break. This means if anything happens e.g. to apt during the update, the > system will get into a very nasty state. I don't think this is worth it. > > If we need to change the SONAME, then there's no binary compatibility > anyway... > > As willy mentioned in his other email, if other distros want binary > compatibility, they should follow what Debian is doing (on hppa), since > Debian was there first :-) *Plants flag here* c.