>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

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

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

  Solaris also has a little more stable ABI.

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