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Re: Packaging sysfsutils: static library?



#include <hallo.h>
* Andreas Metzler [Sun, Oct 12 2003, 01:26:31PM]:

> >> necessary) and will probably end up with a debian soname of
> >> libsysfs.so.10 when upstream releases *their* first shared version
> >> with soname libsysfs.so.0. 
> 
> > _That_ should not happen. See Lib Packaging Guide, 
> > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html
> > for details.
> 
> -v please. What should not happen? Shipping a shared library in Debian
> if upstream only ships a static one because they are still stabilizing
> the interface?

Choosing custom SONAMEs which mach clash with upstream's in the future.
Either ship the static library only or provide SONAMEs that are unique
in Debian.

MfG,
Eduard.
-- 
Die Liebe lebt von liebenswürdigen Kleinigkeiten, und wer sich eines
Frauenherzens dauernd versichern will, der muß immer neu darum werben,
der muß die Reihe der Aufmerksamkeiten allstündlich wie einen
Rosenkranz abbeten. Und ist er fertig damit, so muß er von neuem
anfangen.
		-- Theodor Fontane



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