FC6: library global symbol abuse

Adam Jackson ajackson at redhat.com
Mon Nov 20 18:30:13 UTC 2006


On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 17:39 +0000, Joe Orton wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 12:13:39PM -0500, Adam Jackson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 10:06 +0000, Joe Orton wrote:
> > 
> > > Clashes for /usr/lib/libXaw3d.so.7.0:
> > >   with /usr/lib/libXaw7.so.7.0.0 => listWidgetClass simpleMenuClassRec (...130 symbols omitted...) XawToggleGetCurrent
> > >   with /usr/lib/libXt.so.6.0.0 => vendorShellClassRec vendorShellWidgetClass
> > >   with /usr/lib/libXaw6.so.6.0.1 => listWidgetClass simpleMenuClassRec (...126 symbols omitted...) XawToggleGetCurrent
> > 
> > The libXaw* libs intentionally clash.  That they encode the API number
> > in both the name and the version number is something of a historical
> > accident.  (Suggested fix: don't use Xaw.)
> 
> OK.  Is this one also intentional?
> 
> Clashes for /usr/lib/libXmu.so.6.2.0:
>   with /usr/lib/libXmuu.so.1.0.0 => XmuNCopyISOLatin1Lowered XmuCursorNameToIndex (...6 symbols omitted...) XmuSnprintf

Not sure yet.

- ajax




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