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Created attachment 653114 [details]
patch to add gelf_msize (code from libelf-0.8.13)

Description of problem: I've an application that wishes to utilize these symbols.  However, I can't compile it due to the missing symbol.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):elfutils-0.152-1.el6


How reproducible: 100%


Steps to Reproduce:
1. attempt to compile something that works fine with libelf-0.8.13
2. fail
3.
  
Actual results:
unable to compile

Expected results:
able to use elfutils-libelf instead of libelf since one is supported.

Additional info:

An opensource program using this symbol
http://eggy.yolky.org/pylibelf/static/docs/index.html

Is there any documentation on what this function should do?  And in particular, why gelf_fsize wouldn't do?  From what's in libelf it looks like there's a separate type hierarchy defined over character arrays instead of the actual types, but the resulting layout is the same.  gelf_fsize should therefore give the same results as gelf_msize.  Since the latter is utterly non-standard, undocumented and seemingly redundant, I'm disinclined to implement and support this.

gelf_fsize works for me, didn't realize they were the same in the end.