On 7 July 2011 03:02, Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday, July 06, 2011 05:59:33 PM Paul Ezvan wrote: >> > As a temporary work around, just add a link in /usr/lib from >> > /usr/lib/libdb-5.1.so -> libdb-5.2.so: >> > >> > 13:14 providence:~> sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libdb-5.2.so >> > /usr/lib/libdb-5.1.so 13:14 providence:~> sudo /etc/rc.d/postfix restart >> > >> > That will bring postfix back up until the package is updated. Then don't >> > forget to remove the link later... >> >> Please don't do that, this is a bad workaround ! >> You should rebuild the package instead, it is very easy with ABS. >> >> Paul > > Why? > > The worst you could do is have pacman complain that the file(s) already exists > in the file system. You then only have to remove it and you're good. > > Still the best way is to build/repackage but the link works as weel. A soname bump generally indicates a change in the ABI. Enjoy your random crashes. :p
