[lsb-discuss] symbols from libX11 and libXext

Wichmann, Mats D mats.d.wichmann at intel.com
Mon Aug 21 20:20:51 PDT 2006


>>/usr/lib/libXext.so.6:
>>  XextAddDisplay XextFindDisplay XextRemoveDisplay XMissingExtension
>>
>I have seen these in few applications as well. Last time I asked this
>question, I was told these interfaces are not meant for applications.
>But I think we should re-evaluate to understand why...

Anything is up for examination when someone asks.

The other set of interfaces (_XEatData and so on) have also
come up more than once.  Those were supposed to be mostly
private, although they were used by other libraries. However,
anytime anything is public, usage seems to trickle out...




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