Bug#667906: transition: libffi
On 11.06.2012 00:29, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-06-10 at 22:59 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>> Are there likely to be any issues if the transition migrated in stages -
>> i.e. if the new libffi including libffi6 and the old libffi5 binary
>> (kept around by britney) co-exist in testing - and rebuilt binaries
>> migrate as and when they're ready, rather than needing to have the
>> entire set ready at once?
>
> To partly answer my own question, it looks like neither library includes
> versioned symbols, so it could be an issue if both end up being loaded
> by the same application.
no, this should be safe. there are no ABI changes for existing functions. the
new version adds functions for variadic support, and removes some debug
functions. from my point of view, these should be able to coexist.
Matthias
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