Binary compatibility report for the libpopt library between 1.10.7 and 1.11 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	libpopt
Version #1	1.10.7
Version #2	1.11
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	29 / 44
Verdict	Compatible

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	0
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	1
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	4
Problems with Constants	Low	32
Other Changes in Constants	-	2

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity (1)

popt.h
[+] struct poptOption (1)

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field argInfo has been changed from int to unsigned int.	Replacement of the field data type may indicate a change in the semantic meaning of the field.

[+] affected symbols (5)

poptAddItem ( poptContext con, poptItem newItem, int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

Field 'newItem.option' in 2nd parameter 'newItem' (pointer) has type 'struct poptOption'.

poptAliasOptions [data] @@ LIBPOPT_0

Return value has base type 'struct poptOption'.

poptGetContext ( char const* name, int argc, char const** argv, struct poptOption const* options, int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

4th parameter 'options' (pointer) has base type 'struct poptOption'.

poptHelpOptions [data] @@ LIBPOPT_0

Return value has base type 'struct poptOption'.

poptHelpOptionsI18N [data] @@ LIBPOPT_0

Return value (pointer) has base type 'struct poptOption'.

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Problems with Symbols, Low Severity (4)

popt.h, libpopt.so.0.0.0
[+] poptBadOption ( poptContext con, int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0 (1)

changed to:
poptBadOption ( poptContext con, unsigned int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

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

[+] poptGetContext ( char const* name, int argc, char const** argv, struct poptOption const* options, int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0 (1)

changed to:
poptGetContext ( char const* name, int argc, char const** argv, struct poptOption const* options, unsigned int flags ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

	Change	Effect
1	Type of 5th parameter flags has been changed from int to unsigned int.	Replacement of parameter data type may indicate a change in its semantic meaning.

[+] poptSaveInt ( int* arg, int argInfo, long aLong ) @@ LIBPOPT_0 (1)

changed to:
poptSaveInt ( int* arg, unsigned int argInfo, long aLong ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

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

[+] poptSaveLong ( long* arg, int argInfo, long aLong ) @@ LIBPOPT_0 (1)

changed to:
poptSaveLong ( long* arg, unsigned int argInfo, long aLong ) @@ LIBPOPT_0

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

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Problems with Constants, Low Severity (32)

popt.h
[+] POPT_ARG_CALLBACK

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_CALLBACK has been changed from 5 to 5U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_DOUBLE

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_DOUBLE has been changed from 9 to 9U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_FLOAT

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_FLOAT has been changed from 8 to 8U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_INCLUDE_TABLE has been changed from 4 to 4U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_INT

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_INT has been changed from 2 to 2U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_INTL_DOMAIN

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_INTL_DOMAIN has been changed from 6 to 6U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_LONG

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_LONG has been changed from 3 to 3U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_MASK

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_MASK has been changed from 0x0000FFFF to 0x0000FFFFU.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_NONE

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_NONE has been changed from 0 to 0U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_STRING

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_STRING has been changed from 1 to 1U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARG_VAL

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARG_VAL has been changed from 7 to 7U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_AND

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_AND has been changed from 0x04000000 to 0x04000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN has been changed from 0x40000000 to 0x40000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_NAND

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_NAND has been changed from 0x05000000 to 0x05000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_NOR

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_NOR has been changed from 0x09000000 to 0x09000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_NOT

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_NOT has been changed from 0x01000000 to 0x01000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_ONEDASH has been changed from 0x80000000 to 0x80000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL has been changed from 0x10000000 to 0x10000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_OR

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_OR has been changed from 0x08000000 to 0x08000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_SHOW_DEFAULT

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_SHOW_DEFAULT has been changed from 0x00800000 to 0x00800000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_STRIP has been changed from 0x20000000 to 0x20000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_XOR

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_ARGFLAG_XOR has been changed from 0x02000000 to 0x02000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_BADOPTION_NOALIAS

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_BADOPTION_NOALIAS has been changed from (1 << 0) to (1U << 0).	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CBFLAG_CONTINUE

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CBFLAG_CONTINUE has been changed from 0x08000000 to 0x08000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CBFLAG_INC_DATA

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CBFLAG_INC_DATA has been changed from 0x20000000 to 0x20000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CBFLAG_POST

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CBFLAG_POST has been changed from 0x40000000 to 0x40000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CBFLAG_PRE

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CBFLAG_PRE has been changed from 0x80000000 to 0x80000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CBFLAG_SKIPOPTION

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CBFLAG_SKIPOPTION has been changed from 0x10000000 to 0x10000000U.	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CONTEXT_ARG_OPTS

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CONTEXT_ARG_OPTS has been changed from (1 << 4) to (1U << 4).	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CONTEXT_KEEP_FIRST

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CONTEXT_KEEP_FIRST has been changed from (1 << 1) to (1U << 1).	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CONTEXT_NO_EXEC

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CONTEXT_NO_EXEC has been changed from (1 << 0) to (1U << 0).	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] POPT_CONTEXT_POSIXMEHARDER

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant POPT_CONTEXT_POSIXMEHARDER has been changed from (1 << 2) to (1U << 2).	Applications will pass an old value of this constant as the parameter to the new-version library functions, that expect a new one. This may result in crash of incorrect behavior of applications.

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Other Changes in Constants (2)

popt.h
[+] POPT_ARG_MAINCALL

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARG_MAINCALL with value 10U has been added.	No effect.

[+] POPT_ARGFLAG_RANDOM

	Change	Effect
1	The constant POPT_ARGFLAG_RANDOM with value 0x00400000U has been added.	No effect.

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Header Files (1)

popt.h

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Shared Libraries (1)

libpopt.so.0.0.0

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