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@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS version) that could still
see spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall.
+* Previously, glibc installed its various shared objects under versioned
+ file names such as libc-2.33.so. The ABI sonames (e.g., libc.so.6)
+ were provided as symbolic links. Starting with glibc 2.34, the shared
+ objects are installed under their ABI sonames directly, without
+ symbolic links. This increases compatibility with distribution
+ package managers that delete removed files late during the package
+ upgrade or downgrade process.
+
Changes to build and runtime requirements:
* On Linux, the shm_open, sem_open, and related functions now expect the