Bug#291609: why debian doesn't allow calling ns_initparse in shared lib?
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 ?
The bug is still reproducible in 2.6.1-1. Marking the bug as such.
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Lior Kaplan
kaplan@debian.org
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