[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#567959: Bug#567959: libsmbclient-dev: smbc_urlencode and smbc_urldecode symbols missing in library

[Bruno Van Den Bossche]

On 1/02/2010 18:32, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Bruno Van Den Bossche (bruno.vandenbossche at comsof.com):


> You're asking us to change the behaviour of a library in Debian
> *stable*. At very first glance, I don't think this is really something
> we want.

The header files define public methods which are not included in the 
compiled library. I believe that's an inconsistency and regression that 
should be fixed. It worked in earlier versions of the library and it 
works in newer versions of the library.

Upgrading the library may indeed not be the right solution for Debian 
stable. However, it might be feasible to apply the corresponding patches 
which were applied to the main samba tree?

 
http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=samba.git;a=commit;h=c6b4f3526a262b22d5a97a3152f378778a497a26


> That seems to be a good use case for backports, isn't it?

Using backports is a solution, yes. However, I believe it's a regression 
and a bug which deserves to be solved in stable as well.

Kind regards.