On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Kent Borg wrote:
> describe above; I don't think that different versions of the same
> shared library can be installed at once. (What if A and B both depend
> upon the same library, but each needs its own version?) This requires
> a system that keeps track of dependencies, resolves them when needed
> and preserves them while needed. I wish such a thing existed.
Yes, it can be done this way, and Mandrake worked a *long* way towards
this when I was actively using their distro a year or more ago. They
split up all the apps from their libraries (boy was that hell for a
while!) and you really could have multiple versions installed at the
same time. I haven't kept current with what they're doing so I don't
know how well it worked in the long run.
Libraries have versions, and as long as app1 needs library version 1,
and apps 2&3 need library version 2, you're fine.
Have a look in /lib and /usr/lib and you'll see the versions in play.
.../Ed
> -kb, the Kent who hasn't seen this since work since before the
> Macintosh had shared libraries.
Don't forget the Amiga with shared libraries back in '85... And I'm
proud to say that I've never experienced a problem with shared libraries
in VMS in 20 years of managing those systems. Major and minor versions
of libraries work like a charm!
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