Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] sys-libs/db: Remove --default-symver usage.

[Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@google.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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