LSB 2.0 and C++

LSB 2.0 and C++

Posted Aug 8, 2004 16:30 UTC (Sun) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054)
In reply to: LSB 2.0 and C++ by garloff
Parent article: LSB 2.0 and C++

• LSB does specify existing practice; it's not about directing distributions what they need to do in future. So putting C++ ABI v6 in there is no option; you can't know if anyone will implement it. This will likely be different in a year from now, and we'll have a new LSB revision then.
• While it may be true that gcc-3.3 has bugs that make it deviate from the v5 ABI, it's very very close. The deviation can be considered a bug and if there's need, the distributors currently shipping gcc-3.3. distros (and there are a lot) will likely fix that.

Once again, these two are contradictory. Either LSB specifies existing practice or it doesn't. If it does, then requiring everyone to patch their systems to be compliant is not an option.

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