Bug#83669: Shared libraries
>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Belew <frb@ximian.com> writes:
Frank> --snip -- You have to watch this one. We've found that
Frank> things like rep require the la in the main package, not the
Frank> dev due to linking to libltdl. This one was somewhat hard
Frank> to discover since everyone always seems to have the -dev
Frank> package installed as well.
How many packages use *.la files for run time?
1? Under 5? Under 10?
My guess is that the number of packages is so small, that the best
solution might be to separate the *.la and *.so files into a separate
package (I think the *.so sym-link is required too)[1].
That way, multiple versions of the library don't conflict and can be
installed at the same time, but normal users don't have to install the
-dev package either.
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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