Re: how stable is the libcryptsetup API?

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Jonas Meurer wrote:
> and even if the API doesn't change with every release, at least the ABI
> does. libcryptsetup neither seems to have a soname nor a symbols file,
> so maintaining ABI compability and all the stuff seems to be a lot of
> work.

The libcryptsetup API has no chance for a stable ABI atm. The struct
crypt_options is exported in the header and applications need to
fill in the fields. So any change in crypt_options, like adding new
fields, breaks the ABI.

cu
Ludwig

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