Re: [ft-devel] improve symbol export on non-Windows platforms

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I want to apply the following patch
> 
> --- a/builds/unix/unix-cc.in
> +++ b/builds/unix/unix-cc.in
> @@ -109,6 +109,6 @@
>  LINK_LIBRARY = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CCraw) -o $@ $(OBJECTS_LIST) \
>                            -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(version_info) \
>                            $(LDFLAGS) -no-undefined \
> -                          # -export-symbols $(EXPORTS_LIST)
> +                          -export-symbols $(EXPORTS_LIST)
>  
>  # EOF
> 
> This was commented about 10 years ago – I think the reason then to
> disable libtool's `-export-symbols' option was to give some badly
> programmed applications access to internal FreeType functions.
> 
> I believe that we should no longer take care of such programs; the
> number of symbols exported should be rather restricted as much as
> possible.

There was no comment, so I've added this patch to the git repository.


    Werner