Re: Do symbols make sense for C++
On 2012-01-26, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> wrote:
> But that feels like a result contrary to what I had previously thought was
> the intended direction, so I wanted to ask the Debian development
> community as a whole: am I missing something? Are these symbols files
> actually useful?
Symbol files are nice if you have a upstream who doesn't always take
binary compatibility that serious (which is probably the case for 75% of
upstreamers). Then you have a list that helps you finding out.
(and then of course there is the usual bits and pieces about why symbol
files are useful)
You do need a bit of knowledge, especially when some of the symbols you
mentioned go missing (like the std::vector ones), which isn't normally a
abi break.
>Am I missing some trick to make them useful?
You miss pkgkde-symbolshelper written by the fabulous Modestas Vainius
which is available in pkg-kde-tools.
http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/symbolfiles.html
/Sune
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