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Re: Overriding shlibs dep for some packages with higher versions



On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 02:54:04PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
>  I'm in a situation where I'd like to bump dependencies in binary
>  packages of a source package to >= upstream version when they
>  interdepend on each other.

>  This is somewhat similar to adding a (= ${Source-Version}) constraint in
> spirit and in the implementation.

> PS: in case you wonder why the shlibs aren't bumped, this is because
> upstream guarantees its interfaces, but might use some non-declared
> functions internally, ie. functions that are not in API headers, and
> expects binary packages not to mix upstream versions.

So what package is this, and why are those functions in the shared library
at all?

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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