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Re: binary and libraries in the same package



On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 01:00:19AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Andrew Suffield [Sat, Jun 05 2004, 08:13:42PM]:
> 
> > > The program dact (http://www.rkeene.org/files/oss/dact/release/dact-0.8.39.tar.gz)
> > > creates both a binary and a library.
> > > What should I do when packaging this program? Should I package it as a library or 
> > > as a single binary? 
> > 
> > Anything that goes in /usr/lib directly must be in a package on its
> > own.
> 
> Seen on "apt" as the next counter-example.

Or more precisely as an example of how things break when you don't
maintain this invariant. Go on, try upgrading apt across an soname
change.

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