Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
> Benjamin Reed wrote:
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>> Daniel Macks wrote:
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>>>> because libR.dylib is now in .../Versions/2.5/Resouces/lib/libR.dylib .  
>>>> Since the Framework build for the package installs into a libversioned 
>>>> directory already, it seems like the 2.4 library could have been kept 
>>>> around and the 2.5 update could have been a _new_ package (though this 
>>>> probably would entail additional Splitoffs). 
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Sounds like the path of a public .dylib changed, therefore the package
>>> name needs to change, which would be a clear example of how to
>>> not-follow Shared Library Policy (and a good data point for why that
>>> policy is a Good Thing). What's install_name of the .dylib file, and
>>> does validator in CVS HEAD not whine about a .dylib that isn't
>>> declared in a Shlibs field?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Looks like they misused frameworks, and should have /Versions/2 be a
>> symlink to 2.5, and the install_names should be modified to use
>> /Versions/2.5/Resources/... (if they are indeed forward-compatible)
>>
>> If they are truly different, and incompatible, they should have a new
>> - -shlibs package.
>>
>> - --
>> Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick
>> Fink, KDE, and Mac OS X development
>> http://www.racoonfink.com/
>>
>> -
>>     
> They have Versions/2.5 as a symlink to /Versions/2.5.1.  The 
> install_name is 
> /sw/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/lib/libR.dylib
>
>
>   

I made a symlink .../Versions/2.4 -> .../Versions/2.5 and my old labplot
was happy to use the new r-base, so if the libR.dylib are incompatible,
it's more subtle.

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