Comment 11 for bug 1909665

On 2021-01-26 08:01, Didier Roche wrote:
> To keep in sync with Debian, what I would suggest is to create
> alongside <package>.symbols, a <package>.ubuntu.symbols. Then
> replace it at build time (and restore it afterwards) in debian/rules,
> so that the right version (upstream or ubuntu) is in place during
> build, making sense?

That would be doable and does make sense. Thanks!

Yesterday I made a few awkward attempts to use the "(optional)" prefix for some MISSING symbols, but failed to get it off the ground. Maybe it's me or maybe that approach doesn't fit well in this case.