[glib] Expand g_type_init release notes
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib] Expand g_type_init release notes
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:02:13 +0000 (UTC)
commit be04560f96b533a1ac591f466a2ad5b428348069
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date: Sat Jan 12 13:02:31 2013 -0500
Expand g_type_init release notes
This is in the light of
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691077
README.in | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/README.in b/README.in
index 1122c16..10ae606 100644
--- a/README.in
+++ b/README.in
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ Notes about GLib 2.36
loading GLib as a dynamic module, you should be careful to avoid
unloading it, then subsequently loading it again. This never
really worked before, but it is now explicitly undefined behavior.
+ Note that if g_type_init() was the only explicit use of a GObject
+ API and you are using linker flags such as --no-add-needed, then
+ you may have to artificially use some GObject call to keep the
+ linker from optimizing away -lgobject. We recommend to use
+ g_type_ensure (G_TYPE_OBJECT) for this purpose.
* This release contains an incompatible change to the g_get_home_dir()
function. Previously, this function would effectively ignore the HOME
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