On 17 Dec 1999 14:49:20 -0800 
 cgd@netbsd.org (Chris G. Demetriou) wrote:

 > > 	XFree86
 > > 	system libraries/binaries
 > > 	pkgsrc (binary packages)
 > > 
 > > Why can't we recompile them all?  We already do most of that, I
 > > believe.
 > 
 > For correctness, it's not just a matter of recompiling them.  it's a
 > matter of going through and bumping the major numbers.

IIRC, Solaris is still at libc.so.1 *FOR THIS VERY REASON*.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>