[PATCH] Disable symbol versioning if .symver doesn't work

[PATCH] Disable symbol versioning if .symver doesn't work

[Ulf Hermann]

Signed-off-by: Ulf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
---
 ChangeLog    |  5 +++++
 configure.ac | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 01f88f3..fb7317c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-04-28  Ulf Hermann  <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
+
+	* configure.ac: Test if symbol versioning is supported and
+	automatically disable it if not.
+
 2017-04-27  Ulf Hermann  <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
 
 	* configure.ac: Check if the compiler supports
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0266a36..efcd3c0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -376,6 +376,18 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_textrelcheck" != "xno"],
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([symbol-versioning],
 AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-symbol-versioning],
                [Disable symbol versioning in shared objects]))
+
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether symbol versioning is supported], ac_cv_symbol_versioning, [dnl
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([dnl
+#define NEW_VERSION(name, version) \
+  asm (".symver " #name "," #name "@@@" #version);
+int foo(int x) { return x + 1; }
+NEW_VERSION (foo, ELFUTILS_12.12)
+])], ac_cv_symbol_versioning=yes, ac_cv_symbol_versioning=no)])
+if test "$ac_cv_symbol_versioning" = "no"; then
+	enable_symbol_versioning=no
+fi
+
 AM_CONDITIONAL(SYMBOL_VERSIONING, [test "x$enable_symbol_versioning" != "xno"])
 AS_IF([test "x$enable_symbol_versioning" = "xno"],
       [AC_MSG_WARN([Disabling symbol versioning breaks ABI compatibility.])
-- 
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