* Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070607 17:49]: > On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 05:39:56PM +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > The real lib has precedence over the provided symbols file. > > > - any new symbol is added and marked with mininal version being the > > > current > > > version of the package > > > - a symbol that disappeared is marked as deprecated. Currently it > > > comments it out in the file like this: > > > #DEPRECATED: 2.5-9#ld-linux.so.2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 > > > > symbols MUST NEVER disappear! > > Reality is that it happens.
Reality is that this build must fail with a proper warning, so that the maintainer can decide if this is an excption and ok or whether he should cluebat upstream about a what soname means. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]