Re: PACTH: Fix duplicated version (Re: A symbol version bug?)

["H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 01:08:09AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 06:56:20AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 07:56:44PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 10:43:33PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 08:51:03PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > > > I am expecting
> > > > Corretion. I am expecting a fatal error.
> > Second thought. I think it should work.
> 
> That's quite a few changes of mind. :)  Can you tell us why you "think
> it should work"?  Why doesn't bar defined by
> __asm__(".symver _old_bar,bar@VERS.0");
> not conflict with another bar, set to VERS.0 by a version script?

That is because by using

__asm__(".symver _old_bar,bar@VERS.0");

the intention is the definition of bar with version VERS.0 is _old_bar,
The version script only specifies there is a bar with version VERS.0,
nothing more. As my testcase show, it has its use.


H.J.