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Re: Preparing the libpcap transition



Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> If libpcap0.9 is actually backwards-compatible with libpcap0.8,
> wouldn't it be far better to restore the libpcap0.8 package name so
> that only one package has to be rebuilt for the 0.9->0.8 transition,
> instead of rebuilding 20-some packages for an 0.8->0.9 transition?

Yes, with the same soname and a simple shlibs bump.

> I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work, and it would certainly
> be a lot easier.

You're right, I think I'll do that.

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