Why is it called "polyml5"? dan
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 06:13:59PM -0400, John Ridgway wrote: > So now I'm going to have polyml5 and polyml1-shlibs as a SplitOff? > > Peace > - John > > > On Mar 9, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Daniel Macks wrote: > > >On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 04:43:03PM -0400, John Ridgway wrote: > >>Friends - > >>I have a question. First the background. I have a package that I'm > >>currently working on (polyml5), and it builds a shared library. The > >>package is at version 5.1, and the shared library that it builds is > >>libpolyml.1.dylib. This library has the appropriate install-name and > >>compatiblity and current versions 2.0.0. I incorrectly stated > >>earlier > >>that the library was essentially private; this, it turns out, is > >>incorrect. Now, as I read the fink policy with regard to shared > >>libraries, section 3.4 of the packaging manual, I should be creating > >>two packages with names polyml5 and polyml5-shlibs (a split-off). > >>This is fine, but it also seems to suggest that the library should be > >>named libpolyml5.5.x.y.dylib rather than libpolyml.1.x.y.dylib. > >> > >>Now for the question: what do I do? It seems to me that I need > >>polyml5 and polyml5-shlibs, and polyml5-shlibs should contain > >>libpolyml.1.0.0.dylib. Is that the right thing to do? > >> > >>I admit to being confused about this issue; and it is made worse by > >>the fact that the earlier version (5.0) of this package didn't use > >>versioning at all. > > > >Package version is irrelevant when working with shared library naming. > >In general the package-name should follow the install_name, whatever > >it is (so "polyml1-shlibs"). > > > >dan > > > >-- > >Daniel Macks > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > >Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > >http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > >_______________________________________________ > >Fink-devel mailing list > >Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel > -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
