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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: libc.so.3.0 ????? Where the hell can i get this library?
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 19:13:19 -0700
Organization: Me
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Ken Bigelow wrote:
] > > What you need to do is create a symlink pointing libc.so.3.0
] > > to your existing libc.so.2.2 . Also remember to uncomment
] > > the pop3 line at the bottom of /etc/inetd.conf to enable the
] > > pop server. That's all I did and it works fine.
] >
] > Is this really OK to do? I thought it was safe to
] > "symlink-upgrade" for minor number changes, but potentially
] > disastrous for major number changes.
]
] As I said above, I did it and it works. That's the primary test in any
] such situation.
]
] However, if you can't accept the truth of an observed fact without
] an explanation, one of the FreeBSD development team (I think it
] was Jordan Hubbard, but not entirely sure) indicated that the
] number change was needed because two functions were *deleted*
] from this library. As a result, nothing in 2.2 was modified, nor
] was anything added to form 3.0.
Specifically, the ISO networking/address manipulation functions
were removed; this is most probably a bogus method of implementing
the change (the correct way would have been to make all address
family manipulkation "pluggable" via dlopen and a configuration
file, and cannonizing the function space to remove address
dependence).
However, yes, it is "safe".
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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