> Only because Ubuntu is a random snapshot of Debian testing [...] Ubuntu packages are pulled from unstable, not testing.
> I totally disagree with "something needs to be rebuilt in order to pick up the changes". This is how the package was released in noble. It does make sense to expect third parties to adjust their software in this case. However, I also understand this may be a special case. > The Debian maintainer made clear, that the change in SONAME is temporary for Debian testing and would never make it into the next Debian release. Then in this case, it could make sense to wait until > until this had been agreed with them [upstream]. is resolved before we decide to make any changes to a stable release package. I wonder what is the current status here. Moreover, there is a simple workaround described in https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/instant-client-on- ubuntu-24-04-noble-numbat-7244, which is to create a local symlink with the SO file name that the oracle instant client searches for. Do you know of any other popular cases where this causes such issue? Finally, the following discussion may be relevant: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067831 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1067831 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1067831 -- 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
