"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 3) "non-dev-pkg-with-shlib-symlink /usr/lib/libMSGUI.so.0.0.0 > > /usr/lib/libMSGUI.so" (warning) This package is an interpreter, and the > > shared > > libraries are for running that, NOT to be linked against, so I think this is > > benign and I can ignore them. Yes or no? > > libfoo.so is ONLY used to link a program with, otherwise the libfoo.so.X.X is > used. So you should not ship a .so except in a -dev package.
In addition, shared objects that are not intended for general use (i.e. are not really "shared libraries") should not go into /usr/lib, but some subdirectory (e.g. /usr/lib/aplus). For example, mozilla-* uses /usr/lib/mozilla/components/. A soname is also not mandatory in this case. -- Robbe
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