Re: Gnome to be removed from debian?
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 12:32:55PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> > > I still think we should stick to this strategy, and on freeze time,
> > > pick the version that works for most dependent packages. And call
> > > it libgtk1.1 - so that it upgrades from slink's version flawlessly.
> >
> > We can't do that. Packages linked against libgtk1.1 won't work linked
> > against libgtk1.1.21 - the API has changed..
>
> Does the shlibs in libgtk1.1 in slink have = 1.1.3 or >= 1.1.3 ?
> If the latter, then yes, unfortunately. If not, it'll just force
> ourselves to recompile all the packages (from slink) that depended
> on libgtk1.1 (= 1.1.3) to depend on new libgtk1.1 (= 1.1.21), which
> we ought to do anyway.
>
> BTW all the packages marked 'hold' on user systems would break,
> or not?
You don't seem to understand!
This is not a debian shlibs issue.
The programs *will not work* with libgtk 1.1.21. That's why we're
changing the package name. The API has changed. Programs expecting to
see 1.1.3 and actually linking to 1.1.21 will break! They'll segfault,
or behave unexpectedly.
Jules
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