Re: library versions in pkgsrc binaries

[steve%prd.co.uk@localhost (Steve Blinkhorn)]

So I suppose the question is, how much difference is there in fact
between 8.0_RC1 and the formal 8.0 release?   And if I install the 8.0
sets remotely, I assume this means in single-user mode using remote
console access.   I have in the past (I've been using NetBSD since
1.x) had bad experiences with configuration files being overwritten,
and the need for extensive fixing to get back to a fully working
system.

BTW, the are brand new, clean machines and 8.0_RC1 is the only OS ever
installed on them.  I had to get them in place quickly, and needed 8.0
for the particular USB driver.

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Steve Blinkhorn <steve%prd.co.uk@localhost>

You wrote:
> 
> Background:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_abi.html
> 
> libstdc++'s implementation of some things was incompatible with C++11.
> They tried to make some workarounds to give the illusion that backwards
> compatibility is not broken, but it's very hard to handle problems
> resulting from this.
> 
> For this reason netbsd and many linux distros chose to instead break
> backwards compatibility. NetBSD incremented the major number 7->8 and
> increased the major number of any library that uses C++ in base.
> 
> I recommend getting 8.0 sets for using 8.0 packages :)
> You can unpack them on top of your existing install.
>