Subject: Re: Using binary packages on different NetBSD versions.
To: David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 02/11/2000 10:41:56
On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 07:57:20PM -0400, David Maxwell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 10:55:07PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > Right answer, different question.
> > We're only concerned about between point releases
> > 1.4 -> 1.4.1 -> 1.4.2
>
> Too true. :-(
> Although I smell a troll, since every update to the 1.4 branch changing shlib
> versions has a commit tag of 'abs' ;-)
>
> No major/minor numbers were changed from 1.4 -> 1.4.x
> Is that a rule? I suspect I wouldn't have noticed it if it were stated, but
> I don't recall it.
Generally, yes. But I think the ipf stuff has changed... I'm not sure
it involves libraries.
-is