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Re: Binutils backwards incompatibilities?
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: jbaker at qnx dot com
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:02:23 +0000
- Subject: Re: Binutils backwards incompatibilities?
- References: <41AB7845.8010700@qnx.com>
Hi Jeff,
Is there any way to easily get a list of any potential backwards
incompatibilities between binutils versions? We're finally looking to
move forward to a newer version (from 2.12.1 to 2.15, at least) but
management needs to know about any gotchas before they'll sign off.
Have a look at the NEWS files in the ld/ binutils/ and gas/ subdirectories.
In general there should not be any backwards incompatibilities from a
user's perspective, with the possible exception of toolchains that have
been rendered obsolete and are no longer supported.
From an application point view, (ie an application that uses the BFD
library) there have been quite a few changes in the API, especially
between 2.14 and 2.15. These are not normally documented, but will
become obvious as soon as the application is rebuilt.
Cheers
Nick