Olaf van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 9/12/05, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> It could certainly be resolved: different libraries should install >> >> different files. >> > >> > You also need different SYMBOLS. Which requires symbol versioning, and that >> > the symbols provided bu curl+gnutls be differently versioned than the >> > symbols provided by curl+openss. >> >> This would be nice too, but Debian does not have a rule that different >> libraries must never provide the same symbol names. > > But doesn't it make much more sense to ensure no two libraries provide > the same symbol?
If they have compatible APIs. So: if they are compatible, then yes, they should cover the same namespace, and then each should Provide the same package name. Or, if they are not, they should provide different symbol names. Or, as a second-best, they could be in different file names, with colliding symbol name spaces. Or, as the absolutely worst, they could be the same file name and the packages could conflict. Unfortunately, the last "solution" has been chosen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
