[haiku-commits] Re: r35370 - in haiku/trunk: build/jam src/libs/png src/libs/zlib

  • From: Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:07:51 +0100

On 2010-02-01 at 11:16:02 [+0100], Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am going to play with a couple of abi compatibility checkers in
> > order to
> > find one that can help us decide whenever a library update in fact
> > changes
> > the ABI (so we can bump the version). Otherwise updating a ported
> > library
> > could prove to be a rather difficult job, as (judging by the three
> > libs I've
> > checked) the library authors can't be trusted to say something
> > meaningful
> > about their ABI versioning scheme.
> > If I find an ABI checker that works, I'm going to create an optional
> > package
> > for it.
> 
> You might want to have a look at that one:
> http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker

Yup, that and icheck were the ones I had in mind and I found the 
ABI-compliance-checker much more helpful, as it is easier to setup and 
supports C++, too.

cheers,
        Oliver

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