Re: [ft-devel] LD version script

2018-01-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> Just let me know if you want me to proceed. I am not going to >> spend the time on this if the consensus (sans me) is that we don't >> need/want it. Making new applications work with older versions of FreeType shared libraries in case the new or changed functionality isn't needed sounds usefu

Re: [ft-devel] LD version script

2018-01-31 Thread Tom Kacvinsky
Ah, I was reading the following and came across something that is an argument against version scripts. https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility In particular: "Furthermore, using linker version scripts doesn't permit GCC to better optimise the code." On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 3:41 PM, Tom Kacvinsky wr

Re: [ft-devel] LD version script

2018-01-31 Thread Tom Kacvinsky
Just let me know if you want me to proceed. I am not going to spend the time on this if the consensus (sans me) is that we don't need/want it. On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 3:22 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > I also hated the frontend of the symbol versions which requires GCC > > assembler trickery.

Re: [ft-devel] LD version script

2018-01-31 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I also hated the frontend of the symbol versions which requires GCC > assembler trickery. > > https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/SymbolVersioning > > This is a can of warms, which I do not want to open. I guess we don't need this. > I have started this when I saw that libtool wraps the flat file of >