Bug#770731: ITP: symlookup -- Utility for object symbol search in installed libraries

[Dmitry Yu Okunev <dyokunev@ut.mephi.ru>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Dmitry Yu Okunev <dyokunev@ut.mephi.ru>

* Package name    : symlookup
  Version         : 0.5.2
  Upstream Author : Andrew A Savchenko <bircoph@users.sourceforge.net>
* URL             : http://sourceforge.net/projects/symbol-lookup/
* License         : GPL-3
  Programming Lang: C (gnu99)
  Description     : Utility for object symbol search in installed libraries

This program searches for both dynamic and static libraries, looking
those ones which provide given object symbols. It will assist you in
undefined symbol errors eliminating.

> why is this package useful/relevant?

It sometimes saves a lot of time while running closed source applications

> is it a dependency for another package?

No.

> do you use it?

Yes.

> if there are other packages providing similar functionality, how does it
> compare?

I don't know such packages.