* H. J. Lu via llvm-dev: > 1. Some binaries which require new ELF features, like DT_RELR, only > work with the new glibc binary. They crash at run-time with the older > glibc binaries. > 2. Somes binaries compiled with the new language features, like C2X > printf specifiers, only generate correct results with the new glibc > binary. Since we don't add new glibc versions to the printf function > family, they generate incorrect results at run-time with the older > glibc binaries.
Solaris uses SHT_SUNW_verneed sections for this, not a property note. Property notes seem the wrong approach for this. And there is no reason to make this specific to glibc. However, I still very much dislike this proposal. Thanks, Florian
