Re: [gentoo-project] ABI deps and DEPEND labelling

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:35:35 +0100
Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> Posting to project as I think this stuff needs input from users as
> well as devs. (Many users have a lot of experience with embedded dev
> and ABI quirks.)
> Flameeyes posted here about ABI deps:
> http://blog.flameeyes.eu/articles/2008/08/18/same-abi-and-any-abi-dependencies
> ..which reminded me a lot of:
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201499
>
> Not really fussed about how it's resolved, so long as we get some
> sort of correct link dependency information (which compile-against is
> not.) OFC that probably means we'll never get correct LDEPENDs but
> such is life ;)
>
> What do others reckon about resolving ABI stuff, especially for
> cross-dev and multi-lib/testing?

You might find http://kloeri.livejournal.com/6771.html useful too.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh