---
name: "pkgkde-mark-private-symbols"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pkg-kde-tools"
version: "0.15.32"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pkgkde-mark-private-symbols"
---

# pkgkde-mark-private-symbols(1)

a helper tool for Debian pkg-kde symbols handling.

## NAME

**pkgkde-mark-private-symbols** - a helper tool for Debian pkg-kde symbols handling.

## SYNOPSIS

**pkgkde-mark-private-symbols** \[**path/to/headers/dir**\] **pkgkde-mark-private-symbols** is a helper tool to mark private symbols inside symbols files. It's only parameter is the path to where the headers **shipped with the packages** are installed.

**pkgkde-mark-private-symbols** will by default write the differences as patches to stdout. If the environment variable **WRITERESULTS** is set it will overwrite the original symbols files.

## LICENSE

This program is free software distributed under the terms of the Expat license.

## AUTHORS

Sune Vuorela \<sune@debian.org\> Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer \<lisandro@debian.org\> Dmitry Shachnev \<mitya57@debian.org\>