Re: Patches for OS/2 (3)

[Andreas Buening]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> 
> 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.

Unfortunately, it is necessary. Older libintl binaries are not
compatible with the newer ones, so the newer ones must be compatible
with the older ones. ;-)
I'd really like to have this feature at least for a transition period.
Compiling programs for OS/2 is not that easy. Downloading the source,
running configure, make, make install doesn't work most times.
Convincing the maintainers to update their packages will be
a long term task. ;-)


Bye,
Andreas