So now I'm going to have polyml5 and polyml1-shlibs as a SplitOff? Peace - John
On Mar 9, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 04:43:03PM -0400, John Ridgway wrote: >> Friends - >> I have a question. First the background. I have a package that I'm >> currently working on (polyml5), and it builds a shared library. The >> package is at version 5.1, and the shared library that it builds is >> libpolyml.1.dylib. This library has the appropriate install-name and >> compatiblity and current versions 2.0.0. I incorrectly stated >> earlier >> that the library was essentially private; this, it turns out, is >> incorrect. Now, as I read the fink policy with regard to shared >> libraries, section 3.4 of the packaging manual, I should be creating >> two packages with names polyml5 and polyml5-shlibs (a split-off). >> This is fine, but it also seems to suggest that the library should be >> named libpolyml5.5.x.y.dylib rather than libpolyml.1.x.y.dylib. >> >> Now for the question: what do I do? It seems to me that I need >> polyml5 and polyml5-shlibs, and polyml5-shlibs should contain >> libpolyml.1.0.0.dylib. Is that the right thing to do? >> >> I admit to being confused about this issue; and it is made worse by >> the fact that the earlier version (5.0) of this package didn't use >> versioning at all. > > Package version is irrelevant when working with shared library naming. > In general the package-name should follow the install_name, whatever > it is (so "polyml1-shlibs"). > > dan > > -- > Daniel Macks > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
