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Re: Patches for OS/2 (3)
From: |
Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
Re: Patches for OS/2 (3) |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:35:03 +0100 (CET) |
Andreas Buening writes:
> libgnuintl.h:
> There is a problem with binary compatibility between 0.11.5 and
> earlier libintl releases. It is necessary that programs that have
> been compiled with 0.11.5 and later can use 0.10.x shared libraries.
No, forward binary compatibility is not a requirement. If it were,
there would never be progress. If a program has been compiled with
gettext 0.11.5 you can expect the packager to point this out in a
dependency list, and you can expect the user to download libintl 0.11.5
or newer.
Bruno