On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 03:27:34PM +0100, Petr Pisar wrote: > V Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 02:05:52PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé napsal(a): > > Consider you've built your own app on Fedora 39 that uses these > > symbols, and now upgrade to F40. RPM will consider the dependency > > still satisfied, as the SONAME hasn't changed on libcrypto. The > > app throws linker errors at some point due to the missing symbols. > > > > Another alternative is to continue providing fully functional engine > > symbols, but remove the header files so in practice you can't compile > > something new that uses it. This is still forking the API, but at least > > has not forked the ELF ABI, so the upgrade doesn't explode. > > > Another option is remove the symbols, change soname, and rebuild reverse > dependencies. Changing soname is something I don't think distros should ever do. ELF soname designation belongs to the upstream project maintainers. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
