* Adam C Powell IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-10 13:07]: > Why not just use the whole library version in the soname and package > name? For example, libsuitesparse has lib*.so.3.1.0 which is the > soname, and forget about .so.3 . Then the soname and package name > match, so lintian is happy, and if upstream changes the interface > between 3.1.0 and 3.1.1 (let alone 3.2.0), the soname and package names > change, right? > > This is what I do with petsc, spooles, hypre, parmetis, my netgen shlib > patch, and will have to do for opencascade... And it's lintian-clean.
Yes, this is the right thing to do for now, I think. Thanks for the suggestion, I will implement it in suitesparse. -- Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
