Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, Bjørn Mork wrote: > >> Yes, that's the only possible result when you change a library API to >> something completely different (if we are talking about 0.1 and 1.0). >> Rewriting all applications using the old API will take infinite time, >> leaving the distros with the two options: >> >> 1) keep both libraries, or >> 2) drop some applications >> >> But keeping both should be no problem, given that you do like Debian and >> reserve the "libusb" name for the old API: > > Maybe you're not aware that libusb-1.0 has a compatibility layer that > provides the old libusb-0.1 bindings. That's correct. I was not aware of this. Thanks. Learning something every day makes me feel younger. This mailing list is something of a Fountain of Youth :-) > It's probably in a package called libusb-compat or something similar. Cannot find any such package in Debian. "apt-cache search libusb compat" returns nothing. Bjørn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
