Re: binary libary compatibility

[Matt Wilson <msw redhat com>]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:45:24AM +0800, Gregory Hosler wrote:
> 
> When I recompile my app on RH 7.0 (which is glibc 2.1 based), will I have a
> problem mixing glibc2.0 ".o" or ".a" files with my glibc2.1 .[oa] files ?

Absolutely.  If your objects were C only (not C++), and were built
against only glibc 2.1 or greater, you might be able to get away from
it, but it's not at all guaranteed.  Only shared objects (.so) are
supported libraries when it comes to linking between major versions of
Red Hat Linux.

Matt