On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/13/2012 01:59 AM, Anthony Green wrote: >> >> I recently release libffi 3.0.11, and ABI changes are mandating a .so >> number change. Despite the ABI change, I suspect that simple rebuilds >> are all that will be required for dependent packages. >> >> The ABI changes are simply: >> >> 1. Some internal debugging functions that should never have been >> exported have been removed: >> >> void ffi_stop_here(void) >> void ffi_assert(char *expr, char *file, int line) >> void ffi_type_test(ffi_type *a, char *file, int line) >> >> 2. A new function has been introduced to support >> variadic functions (ffi_prep_cif_var). >> >> Libtool's guidelines for .so versioning mandate that I move from >> libffi.so.5.0.11 to libffi.so.6.0.0 (because functions have been >> removed). >> >> There are more than a handful of packages that depend on libffi, so >> I'm looking for advice on when to make this change. Also, is there a >> convenient way to determine which packages in all of Fedora depend on >> libffi? I would like to notify the maintainers that rebuilds will be >> required. Or is there some other way to do this? > > I don't think we need this for F17. F18 will do. Agreed, I think a soname change and large rebuild after Beta is hard to justify. Not impossible, but hard. F18 for sure. -J > Andrew. > > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
