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Re: elfutils libelf.h compatibility
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Jake Page <jake at cs dot stanford dot edu>
- Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 07 Dec 2006 12:23:39 -0500
- Subject: Re: elfutils libelf.h compatibility
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0612061938090.24668@xenon.Stanford.EDU>
Jake Page <jake@cs.stanford.edu> writes:
> [...] With the below change, the elf-utils libelf is source &
> binary compatible with the FSF libelf (as far as I can tell with my
> use of it at least...) [...]
I agree, this seems like very small concession to improve compatibility.
Still, I wonder *why* one would want binary compatibility. Is libelf
considered to be a stable system library in general?
- FChE