Binary compatibility report for the libpopt library between 1.1.1 and 1.5 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	libpopt
Version #1	1.1.1
Version #2	1.5
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	15 / 18
Verdict	Incompatible (20%)

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	8
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	7
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	6
	Low	12
Problems with Constants	Low	1
Other Changes in Constants	-	14

Added Symbols (8)

popt.h, libpopt.so.0.0.0
poptDupArgv ( int argc, char const** argv, int* argcPtr, char const*** argvPtr )
poptGetInvocationName ( poptContext con )
poptHelpOptions [data]
poptPrintHelp ( poptContext con, FILE* f, int flags )
poptPrintUsage ( poptContext con, FILE* f, int flags )
poptSetExecPath ( poptContext con, char const* path, int allowAbsolute )
poptSetOtherOptionHelp ( poptContext con, char const* text )
poptStrippedArgv ( poptContext con, int argc, char** argv )

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Problems with Symbols, Medium Severity (6)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char* to char const*).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char* to char const*).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char to char const).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char* to char const*).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value became const (has been changed from char* to char const*).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Added const qualifier to return value (has been changed from char const* to char const*const).	The return value will be treated as non-const by old client applications. This may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

popt.h, libpopt.so
[+] poptBadOption ( poptContext con, int flags ) (1)
[+] poptGetArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptGetArgs ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptGetOptArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptPeekArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptStrerror ( int const error ) (1)

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity (7)

	Change	Effect
1	Field argv became const.	The value of this field is expected to be const in new library version, but can be modified by old applications.
2	Field longName became const.	The value of this field is expected to be const in new library version, but can be modified by old applications.
3	Type of field argv has been changed from char to char const.	Replacement of the field data type may indicate a change in the semantic meaning of the field.
4	Type of field longName has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of the field data type may indicate a change in the semantic meaning of the field.

	Change	Effect
1	Field argDescrip has been added to this type.	1) This field will not be initialized by old clients. 2) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
2	Field descrip has been added to this type.	1) This field will not be initialized by old clients. 2) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
3	Size of this type has been changed from 20 bytes to 28 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.

popt.h
[+] struct poptAlias (4)
[+] struct poptOption (3)

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Problems with Symbols, Low Severity (12)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char to char const.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 3rd parameter argv has been changed from char to char const.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.
2	Type of 1st parameter name has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 3rd parameter argvPtr has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.
2	Type of 1st parameter s has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 2nd parameter fn has been changed from char* to char const*.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of return value has been changed from char const* to char const*const.	Replacement of return type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 2nd parameter argv has been changed from char to char const.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

popt.h, libpopt.so
[+] poptBadOption ( poptContext con, int flags ) (1)
[+] poptGetArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptGetArgs ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptGetContext ( char* name, int argc, char** argv, struct poptOption const* options, int flags ) (2)
[+] poptGetOptArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptParseArgvString ( char* s, int* argcPtr, char*** argvPtr ) (2)
[+] poptPeekArg ( poptContext con ) (1)
[+] poptReadConfigFile ( poptContext con, char* fn ) (1)
[+] poptStrerror ( int const error ) (1)
[+] poptStuffArgs ( poptContext con, char** argv ) (1)

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Problems with Constants, Low Severity (1)

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_KEEP_FIRST with value (1 << 1) has been removed.	The value of this constant may no longer be properly handled by new-version library functions.

popt.h
[+] POPT_KEEP_FIRST

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Other Changes in Constants (14)

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_CALLBACK with value 5 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE with value 4 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_INTL_DOMAIN with value 6 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_MASK with value 0x0000FFFF has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_VAL with value 7 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN with value 0x40000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH with value 0x80000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP with value 0x20000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CBFLAG_INC_DATA with value 0x20000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CBFLAG_POST with value 0x40000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CBFLAG_PRE with value 0x80000000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CONTEXT_KEEP_FIRST with value (1 << 1) has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CONTEXT_NO_EXEC with value (1 << 0) has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_CONTEXT_POSIXMEHARDER with value (1 << 2) has been added.	No effect.

popt.h
[+] POPT_ARG_CALLBACK
[+] POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE
[+] POPT_ARG_INTL_DOMAIN
[+] POPT_ARG_MASK
[+] POPT_ARG_VAL
[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN
[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH
[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP
[+] POPT_CBFLAG_INC_DATA
[+] POPT_CBFLAG_POST
[+] POPT_CBFLAG_PRE
[+] POPT_CONTEXT_KEEP_FIRST
[+] POPT_CONTEXT_NO_EXEC
[+] POPT_CONTEXT_POSIXMEHARDER

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Header Files (1)

popt.h

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Shared Libraries (1)

libpopt.so

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