From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2007-03-28T05:15:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Are sub-versions now binary-compatible?

On Mar 23, 2007, at 10:50, Eric Promislow wrote:

> I found I had to build separate versions of a binary library to run on
> 1.8.2 and 1.8.4

Which library?

> Do versions 1.8.4 and 1.8.5 also have binary incompatibilities?  Is
> there a test suite around i could use?

Depends on the library.  Some can be used cross version, others can't.

ParseTree refuses to work on a library other than the one it was  
built on.  I've had no luck running ImageMagick on multiple ruby  
versions either.