On 5/10/07, Laszlo (Laca) Peter <laca at sun.com> wrote:
>
> The real trouble is what happens when multiple version of the same
> lib meet in an executable.  It happens sometimes and there's no
> easy way to avoid or fix it.  Actual examples are the acroread crash
> (caused by a libz collision) and currently various GNOME apps
> crash due to a clash between libexpat in Python and in /usr/sfw.
> The lower level the library, the higher the probability that it'll
> cause troubles.  Tck/Tk is probably okay in this regard, but where
> do you draw the line?

I don't know. But I think something's going to have to be worked
out, and I keep bringing it up in the hope that someone way
smarter than myself will work out a way to cleanly support
multiple versions.

-- 
-Peter Tribble
http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

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