flame@enterprise ~ % echo import kparts | python | c++filt Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/kparts.so: undefined symbol: _ZNK23konsoleBrowserExtension9classNameEv flame@enterprise ~ % echo import kparts | python |& c++filt Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/kparts.so: undefined symbol: konsoleBrowserExtension::className() const Note that konsoleBrowserExtension class is defined in libkonsolepart.so but is *not* exported, as it's not considered part of public API, as far as I can see. A software I considered for packaging (kdelicious) seems to check for kparts import to work, and fails because of this...
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