Hi, Junichi Uekawa wrote: >>> Too, there are actually two forms of library soname file naming used: >>> libfoo.so.1.2.3 >>> and >>> libfoo-1.2.3.so >> Only the first one is mentioned in the various packaging guides, > > hmmm ? excluding this? > > http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#shldevpackagecontents
Right; I should read the documents I refer to more carefully ;) >> so I suppose that the format libfoo-1.2.3.so only exists for historical >> reasons, right? IMHO new packages have to use the form libfoo.so.1.2.3 ? > > That's not quite the case. Yes, Steve already said that; so, if I understand it correctly, none of the two formats is preferred over the other one, i.e. if upstream uses either of them, both would be valid for Debian, right? Thanks, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]