On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 08:13:53PM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Your second parenthesis is wrong. Just like LKM-s when the stock kernels' > ABINAME is bumped, applications need to be rebuilt when the ABI of one of the > libraries they link to changes in a way which is not backwards-compatible. > You can check http://wiki.debian.org/OngoingTransitions for examples of > library transitions.
The old libraries don't go away right away though. With the kernel you can only be running one at a time, so you have to recompile the modules to make them work. libraries also change ABI versions a lot less often than the kernel changes. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
