My knowledge of C/C++ compilers I wouldn't say is thorough as of yet, but it's 
possible it's a link time related error where the symbol tables do not line up 
among the shared libraries.  API breakage is quite common among libraries even 
if the interface is seemingly the same.  Normally you intentionally change the 
API's shared lib name to force other packages to build against the new version 
of the library whenever you have API changes.  In many circumstances you can 
make changes to the code without worrying about API breakage, but I'm pretty 
sure there are circumstances that will force a recompile or relink.  Pretty 
sure changing the implementation of functions within a library will cause the 
API to break if the underlying application operates on data structures utilized 
by the library.  Here's a paper on how APIs can break:
http://syrcose.ispras.ru/2009/files/02_paper.pdf

It's a good read if you have the time.

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Digikam imports images taken with Nikon Cameras extremely slow, takes a large 
amount of time processing exif data
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