Re: [DebianGIS] Re: gdal

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Steve Halasz]
> I was confused. 1.9.0 is the libtool version. But the SONAME is
> still libgdal.so.1. So I think everything is Ok. Would you like me
> to build a new package without DEBIAN/ ?

Based on previous experience with software libraries, I assume most
authors of libraries have no clue what so ever about updating sonames
when the API changes.  Because of this, I recommend you check if the
API of the library changed between the versions instead of looking at
the soname.  Unless, of course, you know that the gdal authors always
update the soname when they change the interfaces in the library?

I suggest comparing the installed header files for the two versions,
and check if structs or function prototypes changed.