reassign 194466 openmotif retitle 194466 openmotif: uses Xlib private functions thanks On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:39:11AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:48:08AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > [stuff] > > For record, the report concerns the fact that _Xgetpwnam semantics > changed in 4.3.0. > > Personally, I don't think any external lib should be using, much less > relying on, macros from other libraries whose names start with an > underscore: that's generally interpreted to mean 'internal symbol'. Yes. > I'm unsure as to what to do with this bug - Branden? I'm reassigning it. Other libraries' internal functions are off-limits. They're not part of the "API". They're not part of an external interface at all. Don't use them. -- G. Branden Robinson | Yesterday upon the stair, Debian GNU/Linux | I met a man who wasn't there. branden@debian.org | He wasn't there again today, http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | I think he's from the CIA.
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