Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-19 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:50:41 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >>> Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a >>> symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so,

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-06-19 08:57 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/19/08 01:34, Sven Joachim wrote: >> Because it would be wrong. When the library ABI changes, a new >> libsslx.y.z has to be created _in addition_ to the current libssl0.9.8. >> And the symlink should then point to the newer version. > > But wo

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/19/08 01:34, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2008-06-19 04:50 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: >>> The symlink should be installed in the libssl-dev package. >> Why? Why not in libssl? > > Because it would be wro

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2008-06-19 04:50 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: >> The symlink should be installed in the libssl-dev package. > > Why? Why not in libssl? Because it would be wrong. When the library ABI changes, a new libsslx.y.z has to be created _in addition_ to the cur

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 21:25, Hubert Chathi wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a >> symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates >> the

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Hubert Chathi
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:00:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a > symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates > the version and the symlink suddenly stops working. > Any suggestions as to how to keep track of

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 21:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:38 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a sym

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread coolzone
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:38 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink > > from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I

Re: A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/18/08 19:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi. > > I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink > from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates the > version and the symlink suddenly stops working. On my sys

A symlink that stays

2008-06-18 Thread coolzone
Hi. I am installing ewire on a customers server and it needs a symlink from libssl.so.0.9.8 to libssl.so, I am worried if apt updates the version and the symlink suddenly stops working. Any suggestions as to how to keep track of this? Or another clever solution? I am going to forget about this