Flavio Stanchina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Christian Marillat wrote: >> The new diversion is broken. Here is the dpkg-shlibdeps output : >> >> dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: diversions involved - output may be incorrect >> diversion by fglrx-driver from: /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 >> >> After that my package depends on fglrx-driver instead of the xlibmesa-gl. > > Let me see if I understand the problem correctly: if someone builds a > package that links against libGL.so.1 while fglrx-driver is installed, > the package will depend on fglrx-driver instead of xlibmesa-gl?
Yes. > I had a feeling that diverting the ldconfig symlink was not a good idea, > even if lintian and several actual people complained that I should do > so, but I didn't anticipate this particular problem. > > Are there other packages that divert library symlinks? How do they solve > this problem? Would it work if I added a shlibs file with the same > contents as the xlibmesa-gl.shlibs file? May be a good exemple is the nvidia package ? > What if a program links against libGL.so.1.2 (the actual file) rather > than the symlink? Franckly I don't know. The previous package was working correctly. Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
