Re: libbfd2.8.1 - duplicate packages?
I contacted Galen on this one. I don't normally quote private mail on the
list but I am confident that he will approve and this will save him from
having to do it again.
>From galenh@micron.net Sun Dec 14 11:10:21 1997
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 23:47:40 -0700
From: Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>
To: Lindsay Allen <allen@cleo.murdoch.edu.au>
Subject: Re: libbfd questions
Lindsay Allen wrote:
> Hello Galen,
>
> I am confused by the existance of two versions of libbfd.
> libbfd2.8.1.0.15_2.8.1.0.15-1.deb
> libbfd2.8.1_2.8.1-2.deb
>
> Are they both to be installed? They do not conflict. I have libbfd2.8.1
> installed at the moment and dselect does not want me to remove it even
> when I select the new version for installation.
These packages are the "same" shared library, but with different sonames.
When a linux binary is executed, ld.so looks for the library with the soname
encoded into the program. It's usually something like "libfoobar.so.3.1".
The version number is part of the name, and therefore libraries with
different version numbers aren't interchangeable.
libbfd is only used by the binutils package. Whichever one binutils depends
on, have it installed. The next release of binutils will include an
integrated libbfd, and the libbfd packages will vanish. The only reason the
older one was still there was that I didn't get around to asking for it to
be removed...
--Galen
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Robert D. Hilliard wrote:
> Hamm includes both libbfd2.8.1_2.8.1-2.deb and
> libbfd2.8.1.0.15_2.8.1.0.15-1.deb. Neither indicates and replaces or
> conflicts. Are these two versions of the same package, or are they
> independent?
>
> Bob
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