Hi, [...] > Yes that is why I try to apply the generated patch and it does not work for > exemple > this hunk took from the armel architecture > [...] > > as you can see the patch generated by dpkg-gensymbols can not apply. > Indeed symbols are not ordered the same way ??? Maybe this is due to the c++ > demangled symbols. >
Indeed symbol ordering may vary, but also there is no reason for dpkg-gensymbols to guarantee a particular ordering. Although dpkg-gensymbols produces a diff, this is surely not meant for you to apply directly as a patch: each change requires proper manual inspection to understand whether this is an intended change. The symbols file is not to be understood as a mere documentation/dumb list, rather it is a contract: as a package maintainer you guarantee that the listed symbols are provided. Best, Michael
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