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Re: [ft-devel] LD version script
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [ft-devel] LD version script |
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Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:33:00 +0100 (CET) |
> I've just found out that libtool wraps the --export-symbols file
> into a --Wl,--version- script file, perhaps because of this paper
> <https://www.akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf>. That got me reading
> further about version/symbol maps or scripts, which can keep track
> on newly added interfaces. So I generated one for FreeType using
> git, attached.
Interesting, thanks!
> It works and does decorate the shared library with version tags. The
> file skips over FT versions that did not introduce any new
> symbols. so the format might be slightly wrong.
>
> The file is interesting from historical perspective too, but I am
> not sure about actual benefits. Should we consider it further?
Good question. I've never seen this before, and I have no idea what
to do with that information...
Werner
- [ft-devel] LD version script, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/01/23
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script,
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- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Tom Kacvinsky, 2018/01/24
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/01/25
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/01/25
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Alexei Podtelezhnikov, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Behdad Esfahbod, 2018/01/28
- Re: [ft-devel] LD version script, Tom Kacvinsky, 2018/01/28