Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> Note that this is a case where the API is supposed to be stable across >> architectures... can you show me what the differences are and why they are >> legitimate? >> >> Please show me the build-failure. > > FTR, here's the relevant output for kfreebsd: > dh_makeshlibs -V -plibusb-0.1-4 --add-udeb="libusb-0.1-udeb" > dpkg-gensymbols: warning: some symbols disappeared in the symbols file. > dpkg-gensymbols: warning: debian/libusb-0.1-4/DEBIAN/symbols doesn't match > completely debian/libusb-0.1-4/DEBIAN/symbols > > --- dpkg-gensymbolsCjbx1b 2007-11-20 08:40:47 +0100 > +++ dpkg-gensymbolsa5oh1T 2007-11-20 08:40:47 +0100 > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > +#DEPRECATED: 2:0.1.12-7# [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > +#DEPRECATED: 2:0.1.12-7# [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0.1.12-7 > dh_makeshlibs: command returned error code 256 > make: *** [binary-arch] Erreur 1 > > > This proves that with we will have legitimate API difference between > architectures who have differing kernels. I don't think it's representative of > the majority of packages though. > > Though it's worth asking ourselves if it would make sense to have an > intermediary fallback between debian/*.symbols.<arch> and debian/*.symbols > that > would be debian/*.symbols.<kernel>.
While it will fixes the problem due to the variation of the ABI across kernels, I am not sure that is the problem we will see the most. The most problematic variations, will happens on the same kernel, as it could be seen from bugs #441736, #429600 or #342084. -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
