* Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> [2009-03-17 17:02]:
> What is the rational for making the library private in the first place ? In the case of the octave package, it is a decision of the upstream authors. I think that one of the reasons is to avoid name clashes between different branches of octave. For instance, we have curently: octave3.0: /usr/lib/octave-3.0.4/liboctave.so octave3.1: /usr/lib/octave-3.1.54/liboctave.so > Adding a file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/octave.conf is the worse solution: > it does not offer more protection against nameclash than putting > them in /usr/lib. I agree. -- Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
