libgfortran.so in 4.2 is incompatible with 4.1. But they use the same soname. In binutils, we bump up the soname whenever the libfd ABI is changed. I think We should bump the library file's version number.
-- Summary: libgfortran.so in 4.2 is incompatible with 4.1, but soname is the same Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libfortran AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hjl at lucon dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25604