From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-03-29T01:23:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Are sub-versions now binary-compatible?

On 3/23/07, Eric Promislow <eric.promislow@gmail.com> wrote:
> I found I had to build separate versions of a binary library to run on
> 1.8.2 and 1.8.4
>
> Do versions 1.8.4 and 1.8.5 also have binary incompatibilities?  Is
> there a test suite
> around i could use?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric

Well, you might do a diff on any included files.

diff ruby1.8.4/ruby.h ruby1.8.5/ruby.h shows that there ARE
differences, which would indicate to me that it's probably not wise to
count on binary compatibility.


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