This linker script is only enabled for systems with GCC or GCC-like
compilers, though technically it should work on the BSDs too (will
enable after testing). For regular modules, this declares one ELF
version "Qt_5" and places all QtCore symbols inside, then it declares
unused ELF versions "Qt_5.x" for each older minor release. For modules
declared "internal_module", all symbols are placed in version
Qt_5_PRIVATE_API.
The big advantage of an ELF version is that, when we do Qt 6, both
versions of QtCore could be loaded in memory without conflicts and all
symbols would be resolved to the correct library. No module can talk to
both at the same time, but this avoids mistakes of loading them
indirectly by plugins.
The extra Qt_5.x versions will be used in the next commit.
Change-Id: I049a653beeb5454c9539ffff13e3fe6f050fdf31
Reviewed-by: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <perezmeyer@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
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