On Sat, 26 May 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le samedi 26 mai 2007 à 22:34 +0200, Raphael Hertzog a écrit : > > > This is not going to work. Checking that symbols are present in a > > > version does not guarantee they provide the required ABI. > > > > If the ABI changes, the soname changes. I store the information of symbols > > for a given soname. So it should work. > > The soname only changes if the ABI becomes incompatible. If the ABI is > extended, the soname doesn't change. > > The example I showed doesn't require a soname change.
Right, I read your message too quickly, sorry. However the maintainer can change the symbols file in his package and update the dependency associated to this symbol and make sure that a binary using this symbol will depend on the version used to build the package. However it might well be some form of micro-management that you don't want to have to deal with. And it can't be handled automatically. How frequently do we encounter this kind of extension of the ABI ? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
