Re: Multiple so-versions of a lib in unstable are bad
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 04:02:58PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Adrian Bunk
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> | If libd1 is uploaded and only one of proga and libv0 is recompiled with
> | libd1 this results in proga linked with both so-versions of the library.
> | I remember problems with two so-versions of libpng, later with
> | libssl0.9.6 and libssl0.9.7, and with libvorbis (at the time of the big
> | libvorbis breakage [1]
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> This is solved with versioned symbols.
It can be solved with versioned symbols.
How many libraries in unstable use versioned symbols?
At least on my system, it's only a very small minority.
> | There are problems with so-name changes (I remember one library having
> | 5 (five) different so-names within one month), but they should be
> | solvable via communication between maintainers.
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> libgal(23 at the moment), I'd think?
Yup (but it's better now).
cu
Adrian
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