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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
Date: 6 Dec 1996 01:32:19 -0000
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In article <5844u3$mb@saltmine.radix.net>,
sabir@Radix.Net (Chris Buckley) writes:
: For this particular dispute, I still don't understand how Thor et al
: can link new and old object files. This lack of understanding may be
: my fault; I may not be putting together their arguments correctly.
: Would it be possible to summarize this in a single article?
:
Nope - it's not possible to summarize the impossible. There are only
two ways to link old and new object files:
1. Store, with each unresolved symbol in the object file, the
expected version of that symbol. This, of course, is totally
impractical.
2. *NEVER* change a symbol declaration in a header file - just create
new ones and always support the old ones. This is both totally
impractical and completely insane.
Anyone got any other bright ideas ? Let's hear them.
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Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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