BLD: Force all internal extension symbols to be hidden - #32209
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Even though Meson defaults to hidden visibility, our bundled libraries like FreeType may themselves export their own symbols individually. So force all symbols other than the Python module initialization function to be hidden with a linker version script. By making symbols like `FT_Init_Freetype` local, it ensures that they cannot be resolved by other global versions, such as a system copy loaded beforehand. It also allows the linker to discard more sections for unused code, saving us approximately 6.6% in shared library space.
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…209-on-v3.11.x Backport PR #32209 on branch v3.11.x (BLD: Force all internal extension symbols to be hidden)
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Even though Meson defaults to hidden visibility, our bundled libraries like FreeType may themselves export their own symbols individually. So force all symbols other than the Python module initialization function to be hidden with a linker version script.
By making symbols like
FT_Init_Freetypelocal, it ensures that they cannot be resolved by other global versions, such as a system copy loaded beforehand. It also allows the linker to discard more sections for unused code, saving us approximately 6.6% in shared library space.Fixes #32208
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