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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW --- - pa_format_info_free2 has disappeared"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64360#c5">Comment # 5</a>
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title="NEW --- - pa_format_info_free2 has disappeared"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64360">bug 64360</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:david.henningsson@canonical.com" title="David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>"> <span class="fn">David Henningsson</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=64360#c4">comment #4</a>)
<span class="quote">> (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=64360#c3">comment #3</a>)
> > (In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=64360#c1">comment #1</a>)
> > > Even if pa_format_info_free2() was never part of public API as exposed in
> > > headers?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > That's the rules of libtool.
>
> I don't think so. pa_format_info_free2() was never part of the ABI, except
> in a very technical sense that isn't relevant here, in my opinion.
>
> > And Debian/Ubuntu nowadays automatically checks
> > this and complains loudly (i e build failure) if a symbol is removed.
>
> Is there no way to skip the check?</span >
Having read up a little, it seems there are a few different ways of working
around this check, yes.
<span class="quote">> > We need to put it back.
> >
> > Btw, I did the same thing for FluidSynth once (removed a symbol not exposed
> > in the headers), and got loud complaints from more than one distro
> > maintainer. I ended up putting it back.</span >
Looking back, I misremembered, it was only one distro maintainer. The other
complained about something else. (Reference -
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/ticket/98">http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/ticket/98</a> )
<span class="quote">> Why do the distro maintainers demand adding cruft back? I understand if they
> complain and call us stupid and whatever, because we cause extra work for
> them, but there's absolutely no long term need to add pa_format_info_free2()
> back. It's only the distro tools that will cause trouble, no application
> code will ever break because of this.</span >
It would be good to have more opinions on this. Sjoerd, what do you think?</pre>
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