For me adding the symlink will not create issues with the SONAME bump, old binaries (ie which were not relinked) will use libaio.so.1 while newly linked binaries will use the new soname libaio.so.1t64 as the package maintainers expects.
I have re-started the conversation in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1072471 as it seems I am definitely not the first raising the exact same problem with oracle instant client binaries. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1072471 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1072471 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2067501 Title: Ubuntu noble is missing libaio.so.1 compat symlink To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libaio/+bug/2067501/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs