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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] sys-libs/db: Remove --default-symver usage.
From:       Manoj Gupta <manojgupta () google ! com>
Date:       2019-09-27 19:54:25
Message-ID: CAH=QcsgvtRoZ3=HT3kvzYhy-b+ORYarSk4Kr6CHkCJM6E5660w () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 12:49 PM Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On 9/27/2019 3:31 PM, Manoj Gupta wrote:
> > sys-libs/db-18.1.32 can builds without "--default-symver"
> > linker flag. This fixes the build issue when using LLD linker
> > which does not support this flag.
> >
> > Given that sys-libs/db is the only Gentoo package using
> > "--default-symver" linker, it is probably not a terrible idea to
> > drop use of "--default-symver" flag.
> >
>
> But won't this change how *other* packages can be confused with multiple
> slots of sys-libs/db installed at the same time?
>
> Thanks,

I am not sure how multiple slotting will work after this change. Maybe,
it'd be better to make use of a version script  suggested at
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43452. But I am not familiar with
this package enough to create a version script for
each installed shared library.

Thanks,
Manoj

Brian
>
>

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 12:49 PM Brian Evans &lt;<a \
href="mailto:grknight@gentoo.org">grknight@gentoo.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 9/27/2019 3:31 PM, \
Manoj Gupta wrote:<br> &gt; sys-libs/db-18.1.32 can builds without \
&quot;--default-symver&quot;<br> &gt; linker flag. This fixes the build issue when \
using LLD linker<br> &gt; which does not support this flag.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Given that sys-libs/db is the only Gentoo package using<br>
&gt; &quot;--default-symver&quot; linker, it is probably not a terrible idea to<br>
&gt; drop use of &quot;--default-symver&quot; flag.<br>
&gt; <br>
<br>
But won&#39;t this change how *other* packages can be confused with multiple<br>
slots of sys-libs/db installed at the same time?<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Thanks,</div><div>  </div><div>I am not sure how multiple \
slotting will work after this change. Maybe, it&#39;d be better to make use of a \
version script   suggested at</div><div><a \
href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43452">https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43452</a>. \
But I am not familiar with this package enough to create a version script \
for<br></div><div>each installed shared \
library.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Manoj</div><div><br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Brian<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>



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