On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:10:44 +0100, PH (Paul) wrote: > >> Library SONAME requirement for _external_ builds ought to stay > >> implicit/automatic, but _libraries and subpackages_ are a different > >> problem space. A library update may add stuff without changing its SONAME > >> and while staying compatible with existing executables in external packages. > >> But executables shipped with the library package (in subpackages) may > >> strictly need the very latest library. > > > > There is no difference between "external" packages and subpackages: they > > both will need the new symbol some day. > > Indeed, which is why we have version-specific library dependencies on > libssh2 in curl: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642796 This is just http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Explicit_Requires where a specific library version is needed actually and differs from what has been released before. It is neither the norm nor mandatory. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
