packaging jack - details on "plan B"

Felipe Sateler fsateler at gmail.com
Mon Apr 26 02:38:17 UTC 2010


On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 14:27, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 19:47:47 (CEST), Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
>
>> I notice, though, that above links only mention API, not ABI.  Is it
>> safe to expect library ABI (runtime linkage) to be frozen too if its API
>> (compile time interface) is?
>
> Generally speaking, yes.
>
> (well, unless there are toolchain changes, etc. - very unlikely at this
> stage of squeeze)

Not really. Reordering of enums, for example, could break ABI while
keeping API compatibility. Same with adding/reordering struct members.
Not relally common, but can happen.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler



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