(culled cc list) Bill Allombert wrote: > Another similar warning: the dynamic loader sometime output a warning > "symbol xxx size has changed, consider relinking" > when a library is updated to a new minor version. > (It was libreadline in etch IIRC).
Right, that sounds like a bug. > While I agree that such warnings cause problems, this is an upstream issue > and Debian policy is not very efficient at adressing upstream issues, because > upstream are not bound by Debian policy. This particular issue (program-specific version checks, not "size of symbol") does seem to me to fall in the scope of Debian policy. Consider: Upstream has good reason to do what they do, to support platforms like Windows without the ability to declare dependencies through the package manager; All that is needed for better integration in Debian is to _disable_ upstream's mechanism. A patch to make it optional can be submitted upstream. Other distros would benefit from the result as well. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
