Henning Makholm wrote: >Scripsit Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>First, if I understand correctly, programs linked against this new >>library (which should still be called "libargtable2-0") should have a >>specific ">=" version in their dependencies. This does not currently >>happen. >> >> > >You are supposed to write an appropriate shlibs file, as described in >policy ยง8.6. Have you done so? > > My file is currently automatically generated by dh_shlibdeps, and says "libargtable2 0 libargtable2-0". I realize that I should place any version restrictions there, if I want them. The question is whether I should just state the version at which the interface advance there, or whether I should do some other version tricks?
>Why? This does not happen with the libraries with three-part version >numbers that I have on my system. > > In a nutshell - because then the information regarding which backwards compatible interface to use is lost. I guess it's ok IF it is not possible for a given interface version to be backwards compatible in some versions but not in others. Thanks, Shachar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]