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Bug 667440 - configure does ignores libxml2.syms during linkage on GNU/Linux with GNU ld
configure does ignores libxml2.syms during linkage on GNU/Linux with GNU ld
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: libxml2
Classification: Platform
Component: general
2.7.8
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Daniel Veillard
libxml QA maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-01-06 20:52 UTC by Martin Jacobs
Modified: 2021-07-05 13:21 UTC
See Also:
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Description Martin Jacobs 2012-01-06 20:52:32 UTC 
From version 2.7.7 to 2.7.8 there was a change in configure.in that prevents libxml2.syms being respected during linkage. Libtool link feature version_script is ignored. That breaks backwards compatibility for other installed packages refrencing previous library versions.

Old configure.in code (up to 2.7.7):

AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_VERSION_SCRIPT], [test -n "$VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS"])


New configure.in code (beginning with 2.7.8):

AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_VERSION_SCRIPT], [test -z "$VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS"])


Fix:

replace -z with -n
Comment 1 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 13:21:20 UTC 
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