On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:22:32PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Version 2.1.1 of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close. Version 2.1.2
> of libfoo provides functions foo_open, foo_close, and foo_read. This doesn't
> break the ABI; foo_open and foo_close have not changed, so there's no need to
> increment the library so number (and thereby change the package name).
> However, a binary compiled against libfoo 2.1.2 that uses foo_read will /not/
> work with libfoo 2.1.1, so you need a version in shlibs.
This suggests that one ought to increase the version in the shlibs file
each time the ABI is changed, but not change it otherwise.
So is "dh_makeshlibs -V" (i.e. bump the version uncondtionally) simply
the lazy-man's way of doing this?
-S
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