On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 08:54:19PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: > Devin Carraway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immo vero scripsit: > > > I'm working on a package containing several executables, whose common > > functionality lives in a few shared libraries. They're linked in the > > usual way at compile time. Policy says they should live in > > /usr/lib/packagename/, but I need to make them available for the runtime > > linker. > > What would be the point of restricting the shared libraries to within the > software ?
Sometimes this happens because it makes sense to share the library within the (to conserve resources), but either: - It does not make sense for other programs to use the library (very specific) - The author is not willing to maintain a stable ABI or version the library appropriately -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]