Re: glibc 2.1 and gabi

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>]

> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 21:14:54 -0700
> From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>

> On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 08:27:31PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> > I know I _can_ use it, but when do I _have_ to use it?  What would go
> > wrong if the linker never emitted any of these tags?

> The reason I added the support is Ulrich wanted DF_1_NODELETE for
> libpthread.so.
...

So shouldn't we only use the new tags if the user specifies -z
nodelete (or whatever it is)?  That way, it'll all work even on old
glibc versions, unless the user tries to use the new features when
it'll only work on newer glibc versions.

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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>