Re: Request change name of function lookup_enum in libbabeltrace to make GDB use this lib

[Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>]

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:51 PM, John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> wrote:
> I suggest that it's best if both GDB and Libbabeltrace change the name
> of lookup_enum.  That way you'll be able to compile any version of GDB
> with any version of libbabeltrace (fixed or unfixed) and all four
> combinations will work except "unfixed GDB" and "unfixed
> libbabeltrace").
>
> If you just change it in the library, gdb stops building on machines that
> have the old library.
>
> If you just change it in GDB, older gdb's won't be compatible with
> newer libraries.  Hmm, but older gdb's don't link with that library
> anyway.  So you might as well just fix it in GDB; that works for all
> cases.
>
>         John

Thanks, John.

Hi Tom, What do you think about the suggest from John?

Thanks,
Hui