Re: ld compat linker warnings considered harmful

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> [...library function versioning...]

> There is also a linker warning so that you do not use the old
> functions by accident, because you forgot including the header, e.g.:

> ld: /usr/lib/libm.so.0: warning: warning: reference to compatibility cabs()

> The (known) problem is that this linker warning also triggers when it
> shouldn't, [...]

> The latest meson now defaults to fatal linker warnings, which causes
> programs fail to build because of this.

> [...]

> Can someone please fix the linker warnings so they only trigger when
> necessary?

Well, I think fixing the linker warnings would be good.

But!

Really, I think this is *also* a bug in meson, or at least meson's
defaults.  The distinction between warnings and errors is there for a
reason, and meson is now trying to efface that (useful!) distinction.
And that, that is really meson's fault.

If I used meson - and they had a working bug-reporting address, which
seems to be depressingly rare these days - I'd be filing a bug report.

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