Re: Issue with dpkg-shlibdepds
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 07:45:53AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <[🔎] 20090901055635.GC6326@glandium.org>, Mike Hommey wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 04:03:06PM -0700, Joe Smith wrote:
> >> Another issue sprung up, though. What I need to be able to do now is have
> >> libngi3 (0.8) and libngi3 (0.9) installed at the same time. They don't
> >> share any binaries that are the same.
> >
> >Why would you want that, actually ? Most of the time, this is not
> >something you'd want. If they are compatible, you don't even need that.
> >If they are not compatible, then the SONAME should be changed, not the
> >package name.
>
> However, changing the (binary) package name could possibly allow side-by-side
> installation of the old ABI and the new ABI.
It doesn't possibly allow it, it *does* allow it, since different ABIs
*must* have different package and library names.
Mike
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