I think that firefox depends on new features; it's not a general library compatibility problem. Updating minor releases of sqlite has been very safe for some years now; they've done a good job.
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 10:04:43AM +0100, Martin Bähr wrote: > hi, > > i just updated firefox to the 2-devel version on my 2-qa machine. > the update failed to pull in sqlite as a dependency. > > firefox=24.0-2-1 > does not work with sqlite=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:2-qa/3.7.16.1-1-1 > > however, trying conary install sqlite:lib=@fl:2-devel > fails with a filename conflict: > /usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so.0.8.6 conflicts with a file owned by > sqlite:lib=/foresight.rpath.org@fl: 2-qa/3.7.16.1-1-1 > > (this is probably a question for upstream) > how come sqlite=3.7.16 and sqlite=3.7.17 have the same soname, if a > program compiled for sqlite=3.7.17 can not link to sqlite=3.7.16? > > now i updated sqlite instead, hoping nothing else needing sqlite will break. > > greetings, martin. > -- > eKita - the online platform for your entire academic life > hackerspace beijing - http://qike.info > -- > chief engineer eKita.co > pike programmer pike.lysator.liu.se caudium.net > foresight developer realss.com foresightlinux.org > unix sysadmin trainer developer societyserver.org > Martin Bähr working in china http://societyserver.org/mbaehr/ > > _______________________________________________ > Foresight-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.foresightlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel _______________________________________________ Foresight-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.foresightlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-devel
