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Message-ID: <20150510115128.GM8197@example.net>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 13:51:28 +0200
From: u-wsnj@...ey.se
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Should we support (not use, support) symbol versioning?

On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 09:03:59PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> This is breaking a new hack in libgcc_s.so
> that's going to affect us with new GCC versions.

I try to avoid dependencies on newer gcc versions so hopefully
will not be affected. In any case I'd prefer this to be fixed
somewhere else, instead of adding a workaround to musl.

> None of this changes the reasons why symbol versioning is a horrible
> mistake/misdesign and should not be used for anything; it's just a
> matter of trying to keep things from breaking where others are using
> it...

Thanks for the clarification, I was becoming worried otherwise.

Rune

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