* Andreas Barth: > Why that? It would only affect packages that (correctly or wrongly) also > depend on libdb4.2. (And libdb4.2 unfortunatly doesn't have versioning, > otherwise, it wouldn't be any issue; lidb4.3 and libdb4.4 are better in > that regard.)
Berkeley DB 4.2 was compiled such that every exported symbol ends with "_4002". Have a look at: $ readelf -sW /usr/lib/libdb-4.2.so | grep -v _4002 This means that even though it does not use symbol versioning, it can coexist with other versions in the same process image. However, contrary to what the NM templates suggest, symbol versioning is not a cure-all for all ABI incompatibilities. If libetpan returns a DB_ENV * in its API, you need to port[1] all its dependencies to the new Berkeley DB version. [1] A simple recompilation may not be enough because a new Berkeley DB version usually changes the API in slight ways. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]