Re: libraries without version in SONAME
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 12:36:44AM +0200, radus@smartpost.ro wrote:
> Hello
>
> I was looking into packaging a software that has a soname:
> SONAME libyate.so
> but no version, and also upstream doesn't want any version on this library.
> During dh_shlibdeps i get :
> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: format of libyate.so not recognized
> is this a problem because of the missing SONAME version or some other thing ?
Yup, vi `which dpkg-shlibdeps `, line 120:
if (m,^\s*NEEDED\s+((\S+)\.so\.(\S+))$,) {
...
} elsif (m,^\s*NEEDED\s+((\S+)-(\S+)\.so)$,) {
...
} else {
m,^\s*NEEDED\s+(\S+)$,;
&warn("format of $1 not recognized");
}
Justin
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