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Re: List of bugs that *must* be fixed before releasing Slink



Previously Guy Maor wrote:
> That's not true.  If the interface between dpkg and the library ever
> changed, then dpkg could crash as it would suddenly have mismatched
> versions.

But when dpkg is running it keeps a mmap of the good library and will
keep using that, even if dpkg replaces it with a new library. And since
dpkg and libdpkg are in the same package both will be upgraded at the
same time, meaning it should never be possible to have mismatched
versions.

Wichert.

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