Bug#291609: why debian doesn't allow calling ns_initparse in shared lib?
Lior Kaplan a écrit :
> I got this mail from a friend, on an Israeli mailing list:
>
> Amos Shapira wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a program which uses ns_initparse and friends but when it's
>> compiled against the shared libresolv these symbols aren't found.
>>
>> I found Debian bug 291609 ( http://bugs.debian.org/291609) which states
>> that this is intentional but I couldn't find an explanation why -
>> doesn't anyone know the reason?
>
> Could anyone of the maintainers explain the reason for not exporting all
> the function in libresolv.so ?
>
Those functions are internal functions. They are not exported, because
there is no guarantee that the ABI or the API will be the same in the
next versions.
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