Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 07:22:26PM +0100, Klaus Klein wrote:
> 
>  > In addition to that, these are new interfaces for libc which should
>  > have its shlib minor version number bumped in due course.
> 
> Err...
> 
> That's like saying that building a libc w/ softfloat vs. w/o means
> the version should be bumped.
> 
> Also, since apps that used these routines previously didn't even link,
> seems like bumping is ... unnecessary?

That's true of any such interface addition; I may be missing
something, but what's the point of the minor number, then? It's not
like sparc64 had been completely dysfunctional before their addition.


- Klaus