On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 10:10:33AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 08:53:47AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > I am currently preparing a NMU for libgtop2, which is broken and whose > > maintainer told me has no time to fix right now. > > > Now, the problem was that the libgtop library moved from 0.so.0.0.1 to > > 0.so.1.0.1, and the install rules didn't catch this changes. > > > Now, if i understood this change right, it is because the major so > > version did change from 0 to 1, right? > > Hello, > Afaict, yes it looks like the soname changed from libgtop-2.0.so.0 to > libgtop-2.0.so.1. Use 'objdump -p' to be sure.
Yep, this is what happened. A rebuild of dependant packages was enough, altough the libgtop2 package is buggy, it builds using the installed versions of the libraries and not the currently building. (libgtop2-common and such still were linked against the 2.0.so.0 libgtop2). I don't think i will be able to fix this quickly, and since the current makefile build libgtop2 after the other libraries, i think the upstream build system is a bit messy or something. > > This means that all apps using it need to be rebuilt with the new > > version, right? Are there any particularities i need to be aware of > > when doing this, and how will i notify package which need to be > > rebuilt? > > (If my guess above was correct) The change in the soname reflects a > binary incompatible change, you'll have to do the usual package > renaming (libgtop-2.0-1, libgtop-2.0-1-dev) and submit bugreports with > request for rebuilding. :((( I was afraid of that. Should i be doind this ? I have not had experience with shared libs and soname stuff, and i am not the maintainer of this package. I just wanted this fixed because i use and package gnome applet using this. > However, before you do anything like this, you should check that > binary compatibilty was indeed broken and that the soname change was > correct. Mmm, how do i check that ? Notice that hardware-applet got broken at least 3 times and needed to be rebuild, i didn't fully discover which package was involved all those times, it could have been libgtop2 all the time. > > (Currently reading the Policy document, but it doesn't say much about > > this, is there another reference document speaking about shared lib > > soname ?) > > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/ Should this not be linked officially ? > cu and- please take this with a _big_ grain of salt, I am by no > means what you'd call an authority for libtool or even library > packaging -reas I understand, thanks anyway. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
