Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread mdanish
You might want to refer to the libtool-doc package: 'info libtool' and go to the Menu node on Versioning. That is the source of the message you quoted and it contains more information as well. On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:35:12AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, but now I have another ques

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread mdanish
You might want to refer to the libtool-doc package: 'info libtool' and go to the Menu node on Versioning. That is the source of the message you quoted and it contains more information as well. On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 10:35:12AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, but now I have another que

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On 30 Apr 2001, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > [...] > > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> Yes, but now I have another question. The library itself has a > different version numbering. That's ok. Version number and SO name are not the same and need not have any correlation. Many different versions can have the same soname and that's ok. > In this way, current version is 0.2.1, but

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCGS> I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding JCGS> the name the package should have. JCGS> JCGS> First of all, the policy says that the library package must something JCGS> like libpackagesoname, so if the library

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: [...] > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why the > soname is in the package name. It allows simult

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but, what happens with the old package (libgpgme0) and with the programs > c

Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Hello! I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding the name the package should have. First of all, the policy says that the library package must something like libpackagesoname, so if the library that the package has looks like: lrwxrwxrwx1 jose jose

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Steve Langasek
On 30 Apr 2001, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > [...] > > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> Yes, but now I have another question. The library itself has a > different version numbering. That's ok. Version number and SO name are not the same and need not have any correlation. Many different versions can have the same soname and that's ok. > In this way, current version is 0.2.1, bu

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > bu

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JCGS> I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding JCGS> the name the package should have. JCGS> JCGS> First of all, the policy says that the library package must something JCGS> like libpackagesoname, so if the library

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El 30 Apr 2001 09:37:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: [...] > Nothing happens to the old package. > > When a new shared library comes out that is incompatible with an old > shared library, both libraries should be installed, this is why the > soname is in the package name. It allows simul

Re: Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread sharkey
> OK, let's say now that the current is increased, and the new name of the > library is libgpgme.so.1.0.0. This means that I should change in the > debian/control file the name of the package and it will become libgpgme1 > but, what happens with the old package (libgpgme0) and with the programs >

Questions about library names

2001-04-30 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
Hello! I'm trying to package a library, but I have some questions regarding the name the package should have. First of all, the policy says that the library package must something like libpackagesoname, so if the library that the package has looks like: lrwxrwxrwx1 jose jose