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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating libpng: another libtool cockup?
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:29:19
Message-Id: CAK2H+efvCmG8_Mp6yEFaNGAy5fGvzCSpMdvbYkJkEvB=xhRN1w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating libpng: another libtool cockup? by Michael Schreckenbauer
1 On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de> wrote:
2 > On Monday, 19. September 2011 13:52:26 Mark Knecht wrote:
3 <SNIP>
4 >
5 >> /lib64/libncurses.so.5 & /lib64/libncurses.so.6 could both exist on
6 >> the system even if both version of the ncurses package don't.
7 >
8 > That's right. But keep in mind, that the old lib is outdated. Bugs remain
9 > bugs, nothing is fixed. Getting fixes, is why we update after all, isn't it?
10 >
11
12 Right, but better that I have a bug until the next update that fixes
13 this than a system that doesn't work because bash crashes, right?
14
15 I was only thinking very short term and not that the ebuild maintainer
16 shouldn't eventually get things right with all bug fixes.
17
18 Thanks for getting this issue out there today. It's been very helpful
19 to have you along!
20
21 Cheers,
22 Mark