Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.12 Looking at symbol files for the libstdc++ packages built from GCC I end up with 4MB symbol information just for libstdc++:
$ ls -l total 4036 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212085 Dec 9 15:34 lib32stdc++6.symbols.amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 213295 Dec 9 15:34 lib64stdc++6.symbols.i386 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247102 Dec 9 15:34 lib64stdc++6.symbols.powerpc -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247202 Dec 9 15:34 lib64stdc++6.symbols.s390 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212099 Dec 9 15:34 lib64stdc++6.symbols.sparc -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247100 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.alpha -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212097 Dec 9 15:30 libstdc++6.symbols.amd64 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212718 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.arm -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 213211 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.hppa -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 208188 Dec 9 15:34 libstdc++6.symbols.hurd-i386 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212083 Dec 9 15:29 libstdc++6.symbols.i386 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212097 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.ia64 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 208924 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.m68k -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212717 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.mips -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 212717 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.mipsel -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247086 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.powerpc -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247086 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.s390 -rw-r--r-- 1 doko doko 247086 Dec 9 15:33 libstdc++6.symbols.sparc Now trying to factor out some of the symbols (starting with the symbols introduced in the ldbl128 transition): $ fgrep -c LDBL * | grep -v ':0$' lib64stdc++6.symbols.powerpc:280 lib64stdc++6.symbols.s390:280 libstdc++6.symbols.alpha:280 libstdc++6.symbols.powerpc:280 libstdc++6.symbols.s390:280 libstdc++6.symbols.sparc:280 There are symbols which can be shared between two packages, but dpkg-gensymbols doesn't allow so: "An included file must be a valid symbols file on its own. Thus you have to repeat the header line containing the SONAME of the library and the dependency template." Please allow this kind of symbol version sharing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
