Re: Problem with control file for SLANG and/or MUTT
'John Goerzen wrote:'
>
>Package: slang
>
>I got this message when attempting to install mutt on a machine:
>
>Unpacking mutt (from mutt_0.61-1.deb) ...
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mutt:
> mutt depends on slang0.99.34 (>= 0.99.37); however:
> Package slang0.99.34 is not installed.
>
>Why is there a package named slang0.99.34 with a version of 0.99.37? This
>is *NOT* good!
It's not "bad" either. BTW, what do you mean by this "good/bad" thing
anyway.
The upstream author hasn't chosen to use the "standard" naming
conventions for shared libs (when I get another chance I intend to
lobby him again). So my workaround is to keep the soname of
compatible libraries identical and let the version indicate versions.
Sounds simple now that I say it. If there are any real problems let
me know. I'm working on slang0.99.34-0.99.38 and would like to keep
everyone happy if possible.
Does anyone know what slackware and Red Hat are using for the soname
for slang? Probably I should add these compatibility symlinks:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145580 Sep 23 16:44 libslang.so.0.99.23
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 152184 Feb 28 14:39 libslang.so.0.99.34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 28 14:42 libslang.so.0.99.35 -> libslang.so.0.99.34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 28 14:42 libslang.so.0.99.36 -> libslang.so.0.99.34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 28 14:42 libslang.so.0.99.37 -> libslang.so.0.99.34
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 28 14:42 libslang.so.0.99.38 -> libslang.so.0.99.34
So far I only included the libslang.so.0.99.37 symlink. [Note: I
still have the ancient slang-lib-0.99.23-1 installed on my system
verifying that Debian 1.1's slang is upgradeable to the current bo
with no problems.]
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