On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Björn Stenberg wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > The reason why a library's shlibs get changed > > is that binaries built against one version of the library can't be > > guaranteed to run correctly against older versions. > > Because the interface changed or because the previous version was buggy?
Because of interface changes, ONLY. Screwing with shlibs due because a previous version was "buggy" is a very bad idea. > I have always assumed the first reason, but it seems many maintainers are > using the second. Well, bring the issue up with them. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh