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Re: Problems with exception handling in glibc and gcc.
Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com> writes:
> No. These interfaces are internal to libgcc and should not be
> restricted. The proper fix is to stop exporting these functions from
> glibc. There's no reason to do that. Really, there's no reason for
> them to be in glibc at all, but at the very least they should be
> hidden.
The problem is that they are there because when glibc 2.0 released we
had no symbol versioning or other possibilities to restrict the export
list.
> I don't suppose there's any way to suppress them in currently
> installed glibcs?
Not without breaking programs.
Therefore the proposal to introduce a new ABI and leaving the old
around seems like a good idea.
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