Bug#1110012: transition: libnl3 [forky]

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

On 28/07/2025 08:38, Chris Hofstädtler wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: libnl3@packages.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:libnl3
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: transition
>
> Hi,
>
> libnl3 upstream enabled symbol versioning a longer time ago. In
> Debian this was temporarily reverted. With libnl3 3.11.0 I want us
> to get back in sync with upstream in this regard.
>
> I've done a manual check on direct reverse dependencies, and the
> change appears ABI-compatible. Programs linked against old libnl3
> binary packages apparently pick up the symbols just fine.
>
> The other way round, programs linked against libnl3 libs from
> 3.11.0-1 then require the full (with version) symbol name.

Have you bumped the minimum version in .symbols then?

> While theoretically there is no rebuild of the r-deps needed, I
> think we should still rebuild them. I've done a local test rebuild
> of all direct r-deps (*) and they build fine.

Go ahead.

Emilio