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Re: check-abi failure with sys_errlist
"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> * sysdeps/gnu/errlist-compat.awk (END): Correct definition of
>> ERR_MAX symbol.
>> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Versions (GLIBC_2.12): Adjust
>> errlist-compat value.
>
> Could you please clarify what the effects of the bug you are fixing, and
> of this patch, are?
ERR_MAX is the highest error number, not the number of entries.
> You change one of the errlist-compat entries (but not
> others or the SPARC version) in sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Versions; how does
> one tell whether any other Versions file (whether in libc or ports) also
> needs adjusting for this bug fix to avoid it causing any problems (whether
> ABI compatibility or otherwise), and what adjustments to make if so?
None of the other compat entries ever had been inflated.
Andreas.
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