Re: glibc 2.3

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 08:35:57PM +0100, Graham Murray wrote:
> Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> 
> > The 2.3.x release should be binary compatible with the 2.2 and earlier
> > releases.  All correct programs should continue to run. 
> 
> I have encountered what looks like a binary incompatibility since
> upgrading from 2.2.5.
> 
> I received the error message "relocation error: symbol
> __libc_stack_end, version GLIBC_2.1 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2
> with link time reference". This was on a program built from source
> using the same gcc3.2 and glibc 2.2.5 (SuSE). Recompiling while
> running glibc 2.3 

__libc_stack_end is part of glibc private interface, libraries other
then the ones contained in glibc or programs must not use it.
The private interfaces has been moved to GLIBC_PRIVATE symbol version
to catch broken programs/libraries and also to document what is and what
is not considered to be private interface in a clear way.

	Jakub