On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:35:37 +0100
Björn Persson <bj...@xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> wrote:
> Is there a way to deal with the following situation in Koji?
> 
> · Build tool B has a build-time dependency on itself.
> · B is linked to library L version 1.
> · L gets upgraded to version 2, which changes its soname.
> 
> B needs to be rebuilt to link to libL.so.2, but building B requires a
> working B, which requires libL.so.1 because it hasn't been rebuilt
> yet.
> 
> As I understand it, when the L-2 package goes into the buildroot it
> immediately replaces L-1. Is there a way to keep L-1 available until B
> has been rebuilt?

Nope.

> Is the answer to link B statically?

Nope.

The usual way to handle this is to add a compat version of the library
(so.1) to L, rebuild B, then drop the compat library, ie just keep it
for one build to rebuild B.

I think for example libpng has used this in the past if you want an
example. 

kevin



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