On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cyril, we need to sort this out for that RC bug that doesn't exist but > which you raised the severity - adding a new symbol is NOT a bug, as > long as it is done properly (as above). > > It is up to the package using the library to build-depend on the right > version and use a strict dependency on that version or later that > supercedes the plain dependency.
No, it is up to the library package to declare in it's shlibs file that packages using it should depend on at minimum the latest version of the library that added new symbols. > Specify the strict version ahead of shlib:Depends and dpkg-shlibdeps > does the right thing. Thats a hack. Another workaround for broken shlibs is debian/shlibs.local. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
