On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote: > Mike Frysinger [Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 12:57:42PM -0400]: > > On Monday 02 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > > Mike Frysinger [Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 11:35:32AM -0400]: > > > > On Monday 02 June 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > > > > Mike Frysinger [Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:06:00AM -0400]: > > > > > > On Thursday 29 May 2008, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > > > > > > Fixed a bug in soname naming. Sorry guys, that it has been > > > > > > > there! > > > > > > > > > > > > not sure i follow. you're suggesting that gpm-1.20.4 is > > > > > > *supposed* to have a different SONAME from gpm-1.20.3 and older ? > > > > > > > > > > Exactly. > > > > > > > > > > > changing SONAME's is a huge nightmare/hassle for distributions > > > > > > (and everyone really), and should be avoided if possible > > > > > > > > > > Sorry for the breakage, the struct changed. > > > > > > > > what struct ? i did a diff on gpm.h in 1.20.1 and 1.20.4 and i dont > > > > see any struct differences. > > > > > > It's an older incompatibility from 1.19.6: > > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473496 > > > > it's been broken for so long, i'd seriously question the value of > > changing it now. > > It mostly helps the Debian guys to migrate their 1.19.x tree. have they seriously not made that transition ? 1.20.x has been out for 6 years now. i know Debian is slow, but jesus ... that's glacial. > > distros have long been using 1.20.1 (and thus the associated ABI) to > > the point that anything built against 1.19.x is irrelevant. the breakage > > seen with 1.20.1->1.20.4 is going to be much much more severe. > > Sorry, why 1.20.1 -> 1.20.4? Didn't you mean 1.20.3 -> 1.20.4? i meant inclusive ... there are a lot more people out there now using the SONAME with the new interface than there are with the old interface -mike
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