On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 12:55:50PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > Hello Birger, > > On Sat 09 Feb 2019 at 07:25PM +01, Birger Schacht wrote: > > >>> * Make versioned run dependency on libwlroots0 explicit > >> > >> Please explain (either in the changelog or with a comment in d/control) > >> why this is needed -- it's unusual not to be able to rely on > >> dpkg-shlibdeps doing this for you. This does matter, even if the > >> package is NEW. > > > > I have to admit that i don't know ;) When trying to test sway i realized > > that i only had libwlroots0 in an older version but dpkg didn't warn me > > about that. `apt show sway` didn't show the version for libwlroots0 > > either in the Depends. But with listing the version explicitly the > > package also has a dependency on the correct version. > > Are you saying that sway would not work at all with the older libwlroots?
Then it's a bug in libwlroots, that did not bump shlibs when adding
symbols, or it has a broken .symbols file.
And it's a quite serious one at that, if it's really that, showcasing
why maintaining shared libraries is not an easy job.
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