Bug#685741: unblock: qpid-cpp/0.16-7

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On 27.08.2012 08:34, Cajus Pollmeier wrote:
> Am Freitag, 24. August 2012, 18:39:28 schrieb Adam D. Barratt:
> > On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 11:00 +0200, Cajus Pollmeier wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, 24. August 2012, 10:19:45 schrieben Sie:
> > > > +-    static std::auto_ptr<SaslAuthenticator>
> > > > createAuthenticator(Connection& connection, bool isShadow); ++
> > > > static std::auto_ptr<SaslAuthenticator>
> > > > createAuthenticator(Connection& connection);
> > > >
> > > > createAuthenticator() is a public symbol of libqpidbroker, which 
> > is
> > > > shipped as a public library in /usr/lib.  That means the library 
> > has
> > > > changed ABI without changing SONAME afaics.
> > >
> > > libqpidbroker is only used by the qpid broker itself. There's 
> > nothing in
> > > testing that uses the broker library - besides the broker itself.
> > > Unstable has the qpidd-msgstore module that makes use of that 
> > library.
> >
> > qpidd-msgstore is also in testing.  Does the earlier version not use 
> > the
> > broker library?
>
> Hmm. Is it possible to remove it from testing? The version that 
> matches the
> current 0.16 release of qpidd got stuck because it didn't compile on 
> all
> architectures. 0.14 qpidd-msgstore will not work with 0.16 of qpidd.

Okay; removal hint added.

> > > I'm not sure if and how I can simply change the SONAME for the 
> > broker.
> > > And if there's a need for that in this case. Any hints?
> >
> > It's shipped in a public library directory and versioned so yes it
> > should be updated (even without the existence of a reverse 
> > dependency).
> > Assuming the SONAMEs come from upstream, it'd be worth discussing 
> > the
> > issue with them so we don't end up carrying a Debian-specific change 
> > for
> > it.
>
> Just sent a message to upstream. Lets see.

Thanks.

Regards,

Adam