Re: Upgrading 1.3.1 -> 2.0 (was Re: predepends on libc6?)

[James Troup <J.J.Troup@comp.brad.ac.uk>]

Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:

> > Oh, it's very possible, libgdbm can still get itself into a
> > complete mess, if you install it before upgrading to a suitably
> > recent libc5.
> 
> Then libgdbm should Pre-depend on a recent libc5, shouldn't it?

No.  libgdbm1's preinst should add /usr/lib/libc5-compat to
/etc/ld.so.conf if it isn't already there (a la the preinst for
libreadline2).  See bug #13683 (ignore the bogus #13843).

-- 
James


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