[Info-vax] PHP on VMS x86-64 9.2-2

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-03-27, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> VMS got the version check in the image activator.
>
> VMS allows side by side installation using logicals.
>
> Could VMS do more? Yes. But I don't think there is a good
> case to do more. The message from VMS users seems to be
> that they want less not more in this area. The "please
> maintain backwards compatibility and disable the version
> check and I will just upgrade to latest and greatest and
> it should work" seems to be what the customers want.
>

Linux isn't perfect in this regard either.

The earliest "fun" I remember in this area was the move from the .so.5
version of the C++ (not C) ABI to the .so.6 version.

This was especially "fun" when you tried to install/build a more modern
gcc (then use it to build programs) on a version of Linux that was using
.so.5 for its own C++ libraries.

Simon.

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