Hi Russ, On 2026-02-07 17:02, Russ Allbery wrote: > Aurelien Jarno <[email protected]> writes: > > On 2025-02-02 23:52, Bill Allombert wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 02, 2025 at 11:40:45PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > >>> The section 8.4, Development files, mentions that the development > >>> package should contain a symlink for the associated shared library > >>> without a version number. In practice a linker script could be used > >>> instead, this is for instance the case of libncurses.so, libncursesw.so, > >>> libc.so, and also libm.so for architectures which support the vector > >>> math library. > > >>> Here is a proposal to update the existing paragraph: > > >>> The development package should contain either a symlink or a linker > >>> script for the associated shared library without a version number. For > >>> example, the libgdbm-dev package should include a symlink from > >>> /usr/lib/libgdbm.so to libgdbm.so.3.0.0, or a linker script that > >>> achieves the same effect. This symlink or linker script is needed by > >>> the linker (ld) when compiling packages, as it will only look for > >>> libgdbm.so when compiling dynamically. > > >> Maybe a footnote explaining when a linker script could be needed would be > >> useful ? > > > Usually this is decided at the upstream level and not at the debian > > level, anyway if you want to add a footnote, here is a proposal: > > > Linker scripts offer more flexible linking strategies, like > > conditionally linking with an additional library, or falling back to a > > static library for some symbols. > > Here is a proposed change incorporating this change and Guillem's > feedback. Does this look good to everyone? (I moved one footnote because > we now try to keep footnotes immediately after the paragraph they refer to > and the added footnote would otherwise be out of order.)
Thanks, sounds good. Regards Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://aurel32.net
