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Hi folks, |
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I think the libpng issue shows up a more generic problem: |
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we IMHO dont have a way for recording, which version / interface |
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of some version a package is built against. The need for things |
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like revdep-rebuild also comes from that. |
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I'm currently working on an generic design for that, some ideas: |
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(of course, yet limited to C and similar languages ;-o) |
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* libraries with (incompatible) interface changes should install |
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their headers under some own versioned prefix |
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* library imports should _always_ happen via pkg-config |
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(dont use .la files) |
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* pkg-config descriptors are extended to declare the API and |
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ABI version and generation, so interface breaks can be |
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determined automatically |
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* the package management records which version of some imported |
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library a package was built against (some kind of revdep-scan |
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between compile and merge) |
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* with that information the package management can do an smooth |
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upgrade (w/o temporary breaks until revdep-rebuild finished) |
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cu |
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Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ |
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Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: |
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