Re: Accepted sdl-image1.2 1.2.2-1 (i386 source)
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 14:29:41 -0500,
Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> wrote:
> We do need to do a mass rebuild. Symbol versioning is just an easy way
> to provide multiple names (png_combine_row and png_combine_row@@PNG3)
> for the same function. If a binary or library is linked against the
> unversioned symbols, the dynamic linker will only know to look for
> 'png_combine_row'. If there is more than one symbol named
> 'png_combine_row' loaded, the dynamic linker has to guess -- just like
> it does now. However, if a binary is linked against the versioned
> symbols, the dynamic linker will look for 'png_combine_row@@PNG3'
> instead; if there's only one symbol named 'png_combine_row@@PNG3' in
> memory, it doesn't have to guess.
Suppose I have a package foo which is linked against the old
(that is, with no symbol versioning) libpng3. Does foo work
if I hold foo and upgrade only libpng3 ?
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