On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:34:31PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le jeudi 09 juin 2005 à 02:13 +0200, Matthias Klose a écrit : > > For etch we will update the toolchain (glibc, binutils, > > linux-kernel-headers, gcc) again. Some updates look easy, other will > > have a bigger impact on packages. One aspect of the toolchain update > > is the change of the C++ ABI from version 1 (102) to version 2 (1002) > > of the GNU C++ compiler. Looks painful, but doable, as some of you > > may still remember the toolchain update in the early sarge stages. In > > short, we will have to rename all packages containing shared libraries > > written in C++. After these library packages have been renamed, all > > libraries and applications depending on the changed library names have > > to be uploaded again. To minimize the uploads and and lower the load > > of the buildds, C++ code should be uploaded, after the C++ compiler > > (c++, g++) points to a compiler version providing the new C++ ABI. > I maintain a package (hdf5) which contains a pure C library and a C++ > interface. However, I'm pretty sure the C++ library isn't used by > packages depending on it. In this case, is it necessary for the library > to be renamed? If the C++ library is exposed in the package's shlibs, yes... -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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