On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 07:08:08PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > AFAIK, the current version of dpkg in stable supports symbols files, so > > I think it is time we loosen the requirement for shlibs files when > > symbols files are present. > > > > Requiring shlibs when there is a symbols file also is error-prone, > > as when the symbols file is updated, the shlibs may not be bumped. > > dpkg-shlibdeps(1) says: > > > Then, for each library, it looks up either the > > symbols file, or the shlibs file (if the former doesn't exist or if > > debian/shlibs.local contains the relevant dependency). > > So if you have a symbols file, the shlibs file is redundant.
Except if you use an old dpkg-shlibdeps, in which case if the shlibs is not updated correctly, you get the wrong info. But my point was that an old enough dpkg-shlibdeps is already old, and that it's time to maybe change the rules and get rid of shlibs when there is a symbols file. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
