On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:12:45 -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:08:13AM -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: > > > So I haven't actually *checked*, but from what I understood of this > > > thread the ABI changes were compatible, which means there is and was no > > > reason to bump the SONAME, only the version in the shlibs packaging > > > metadata, for the added symbols in 2.4.2. This is not an upstream > > > problem, it's a bug in the package, there is nothing for upstream to do > > > here AFAIK. > > > > That clears is up. I'll do the needful. Thanks. > > So, currently, the shlibs file reads: > > libarmadillo 2 libarmadillo2 > > Now, should I use a new package name, like libarmadillo2a, or so, > which conflicts with libarmadillo2? I am unclear… > No. Use something like: libarmadillo 2 libarmadillo2 (>= 2.4.2)
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