[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: DSO linking changes for wheezy



> This change is one I can agree with on technical grounds, though it
> will cause a great deal of pain in the short term.  Have we got any
> estimates on exactly how much breakage will result before the change
> gets made?

Fedora already made the change a full release cycles ago, and Fedora
package maintainers (should have) sent their fixes upstream to the
various packages that were affected.  You can find some of the
details of that experience at:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ChangeInImplicitDSOLinking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showdependencytree.cgi?id=564245


Reply to: