Re: Unsmooth transition libungif4g -> libgif4
On 2008-02-05 17:50 +0100, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On 2008-02-05, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Today a version of imlib11¹ built against libgif4 was uploaded to
>> unstable, and I noticed that it can't be installed because emacs21,
>
> woops. My fault I guess. didn't put that much into the change. I can
> also revert imlib11 if preferred by release team at this stage.
>
> But it would be nice to unify on one giflib thingy.
Indeed, libungif4 is scheduled for removal.
>> So it seems that all packages currently build-depending on libungif4-dev
>> need to be rebuilt against libgif-dev to resolve the issue; binNMUs will
>> not be enough, sourceful uploads are necessary.
>
> Having libungif4-dev shlib file say libungif4g (>=something) | libgif4
> and binNMU all rdepends could be a smoother way, but maybe not
> preferred.
I have another idea: let giflib build a dummy package libungif4g that
depends on libgif4 and version the `Conflicts' and `Replaces' of libgif4 on
libungif4g. That way libgif4 could work around the lack of versioned
`Provides' in dpkg, and there's no hurry to update all packages
build-depending on libungif4-dev immediately. Does that sound reasonable?
Sven
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