Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> writes:

> On 2016-11-24, Christian Weisgerber <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Here's an update to graphics/tiff 4.0.7.
>>
>> Changes:
>> http://www.simplesystems.org/libtiff/v4.0.7.html
>> TL;DR: Numerous security fixes in the library; some tools were removed.
>>
>> Unfortunately some symbols were removed, necessitating a major bump.
>> This is problematic for -stable.
>
> The removed symbols are due to _static_ declarations in 4.0.7.  We
> could revert that in -stable to maintain ABI compatibility.  Does
> that sound sensible?

It would be safer and more correct so +1 if it doesn't mean too many
patches.

If keeping a strict ABI compatibility is too hard and the removed
symbols are obviously just internal details, I think we should we should
be allowed to cheat a bit for -stable.  Of course there's always a risk
that some other port uses those internal details.

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