On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 10:56:30AM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 2023-02-20 10:01, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >Does it have to be something which looks so much like it might be a
> >version number?  For example it could be helpful for debugging if the
> >generated requires was something like:
> >
> >   Requires: libnghttp2.so.14()(64bit) >= soname.14.24.1
> 
> 
> You mean the literal string "soname", right?

Yes.

> I don't know a reason
> that wouldn't work off the top of my head, but I also can't think of
> a reason that it would add information that wasn't inferred in the
> current iteration.  One reason we might want to stick with something
> that looks like a version is that we might need to extend the system
> to allow an epoch in the future (though I really hope that isn't
> necessary.)

I mean if I'm looking at an error message, it might help to know that
I should look at the SONAME instead of trying to work out where the
weird version number had come from.

Rich.

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