Hi Scott, hi KDE team On Mo 17 Feb 2020 22:32:18 CET, Scott Kitterman wrote:
On February 17, 2020 9:23:39 PM UTC, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:Hi all, (please Cc: me when replying. Thanks.) I'd like to warm up an old topic regarding creation of *.symbols files for shared libraries implemented in C++. I have followed all links in [1] and esp. read Russ Alberries experiment results [2,3]. All writing are quite old and I wonder if something new has come up meanwhile (improved tool chains, etc). Until now, I mostly avoided writing .symbols files for C++ shared libs. However, here comes the question: How do people handle .symbols files these days if they originate from C++ code? How do people make sure the .symbols files are correct for all supported architectures? What tool chains are used? Are there other good reads about the topic? My current context: I want to fix various build failures of lib-cpp related packages relevant for upcoming Unity8. Thanks + Greets, Mike [1] https://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles [2] https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2012-01/008.html [3] https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2012-02/001.htmlHere's what the QT/KDE team use: https://qt-kde-team.pages.debian.net/symbolfiles.html https://manpages.debian.org/testing/pkg-kde-tools/pkgkde-symbolshelper.1.en.html I've used it for other C++ packages with pretty good success.
I have updated some of my C++ pkgs with .symbols files and it works like charme. I tried the pkg-kde-tools at an earlier point (several years ago) and wasn't happy with it.
But I am now. Thanks to all pkg-kde-tools hackers for the symbols helper. Much appreciated.
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