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Re: libjpeg62-dev -> libjpeg-dev transition



On 2009-09-19 19:20 +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 02:32:51PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
>> * Pierre Habouzit (madcoder@madism.org) [090919 01:08]:
>> > I'll put blocks in my hint file to be sure that both those packages will
>> > migrate in testing together (I'm unsure if britney is clever enough to
>> > block them until all the binNMUs are done, I don't think it is). Then
>> > please ask for binNMUs of all the package that B-D on libjpeg-dev. Then
>> > we will let that migrate.
>> 
>> The question is: Are libjpeg62 and libjepg7 co-useable? (This only
>> works if symbol versioning is turned on.)
>
> Huh, libjpeg62 and libjpet7 have different so-name so they are
> co-installable. I don't get what you mean with "co-useable" and it
> certainly has nothing to do with symbol versioning.

It has.  If the symbols are not versioned, bad things may happen if
both libraries are loaded into a process' address space.

Sven


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