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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




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