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(Re: [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kdelibs4-4.9.0-2.mga3)</H1> + <B>Colin Guthrie</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Library%20policy%20query%3A%20What%20do%20we%20do%20when%20SONAME%0A%20includes%20both%20major%20and%20minor%3F%20%28Re%3A%20%5Bchangelog%5D%20%5BRPM%5D%20cauldron%20core/release%0A%20kdelibs4-4.9.0-2.mga3%29&In-Reply-To=%3C501A3A2C.6000208%40colin.guthr.ie%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Library policy query: What do we do when SONAME includes both major and minor? (Re: [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kdelibs4-4.9.0-2.mga3)">mageia at colin.guthr.ie + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Aug 2 10:28:28 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017883.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kdelibs4-4.9.0-2.mga3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017895.html">[Mageia-dev] Library policy query: What do we do when SONAME includes both major and minor? 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Of course it's never the library policy that's wrong. The +</I>><i> library major version is apparently 0.4 so the correct package name is +</I>><i> lib64attica0.3 for the previous one +</I>><i> lib64attica0.4 for the current one +</I>><i> +</I>><i> ... in the specfile: %define attica_major 0.4 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Can the maintainer of this package please fix this? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> To find the version to use, look up the 'soname' of the library. I use: +</I>><i> readelf -a /usr/lib64/libattica.so.0.4|grep SONAME +</I>><i> => +</I>><i> ... Library soname: [libattica.so.0.4] +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What follows ".so." is the major version of the library. +</I> +Is that really the correct definition of what a "major" version is? + +I always thought the major was just the first number. + +The library policy certainly doesn't mention "double digit majors" or +similar. + +Is this something upstream is doing deliberately or is it just an oversight? + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="017883.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kdelibs4-4.9.0-2.mga3 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="017895.html">[Mageia-dev] Library policy query: What do we do when SONAME includes both major and minor? 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