Re: status of kde1 - > kde2 interop
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 11:44:11AM -0800, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> > libqt.so -> libqt.so.2.2.2 -> big trouble, as a new build will link to
> > v2 explicitly and stop v1 apps from working
>
> I don't see why this is big trouble. Unix and Linux have had full support
> for multiple libraries for years. I agree that newly compiled apps will
> link by default to the latest version of the library, but there is a
> compilation parameter (actually a linking parameter) to force them to use
> the old library if that is what is required.
so we have the situation, that the old app (which is not aware of the
existence of the new library) would have to use this switch. but to
be honest, i don't think, that many apps do it.
> Also, old apps should have been compiled with the appropriate soname
> so that at run time they automatically use the correct version of
> the run library.
>
yes. this is completely true - fortunately.
but we were talking about development packages and compiling. and there we
have the conflict ...
> I hope that most packagers are well aware of this support and use it
> properly, but if not there could conceivably be trouble until that
> packaging bug was fixed.
>
sadly, we are talking about unpackaged sources. or did you ever
compile the sources of a .deb, if you could get the ready .deb?
the only debs i've ever build myself were those, which i hacked
in advance.
best regards
--
Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!
Reply to: