Alternate versions of the same shared library?

[Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com>]

Greetings!  Is there any way to maintain alternate versions of the
same shared library on a Debian system?  (i.e. same soname)  One can
have two packages which conflict with each other, but I was thinking
about some run-time switching functionality, like in the
'alternatives' system, so that one could choose between an
experimental but fast shared lib, and the trusted but slower one, at
runtime.  I've tried several things, but lintian disallows most of them.

Please reply directly to me via email as I don't regularly subscribe
to the main devel list.

Thanks!

Camm Maguire			     			camm@enhanced.com
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