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I filed bug #700677 because ntfs-3g has a shared library that ubuntu's testdisk links to, but it does not follow the SONAME rules. It seems that upstream breaks ABI on every release, and the maintainer feels that the library is not intended for other packages to link to, and therefore, does not have to comply with section 8.1 of the policy manual. I believe that a strict and literal interpretation of the language of section 8 means that whether you intend the library for other packages to link to or not, if it is placed in a directory on the default library search path, it is bound by section 8.1. The statement in question is: "This section deals only with public shared libraries: shared libraries that are placed in directories searched by the dynamic linker by default or which are intended to be linked against normally and possibly used by other, independent packages." The use of the word OR there means that whether or not you intend the lib to be linked against normally and used by other packages, if it is in a directory on the library search path, then section 8.1 applies. If mere intent is enough to discard section 8.1, then the language should be changed so this is clear. Also there should be something in place in the debian build system to make sure that linking to such private libraries either is flagged as an error, or generates a dependency on the exact version of the library package that the linking package was built against, in order to prevent packages from being installable, but unrunnable due to a newer version of the private library with a different SONAME being installed. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRIDE5AAoJEJrBOlT6nu75a1YH/2Hd2ijUaaNGwVdIrkQVJant PqgZZoiaqSg8szTQUHrahhFvQhxeffgodo7XdEDnGnuetU6drA7QSA07xTcDGDLi /Mbf5rw/K4yn3oQHBSGMyJD1WhUi/D+JuDYaH9o8R5V/hP8Q2/urtyzXqkNf43Pc ZWtClEp4NIMmVxoPHoIkgAilOyAUyPc6r6jFUMAEfIuOrHaqmVq1SkVGGGbBQWe9 +HbF5f2VRFO+EktlnaFp0AQMwXnTdG9r1jjzRrqhij6uNRFlgdD70O+XGdAdYWr7 Z41cKR/MBexko6m+45OHEz3tnOxQV1cVRpeuWNvBVte8wSfBSoX0mOKlxO5ZwvY= =gHdY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
