On Thursday 05 February 2004 20:58, Paul de Vrieze wrote:
> On Thursday 05 February 2004 20:53, Spider wrote:
> > Could work, but isn't this a clumsier version of :
> > track ldd of foopack.
> > resolve all .so files
> > store both lists, and if the .so aren't there, spit out the "last seen
> > as "<package>"  as a hint and refuse to install?
>
> This would work at packaging time, not at install time. Basically what we
> need is to identify incompatible library changes (besides never installing
> with an older version than build with) some way. We could use a LIBVER
> variable for that. It would be similar in function as SLOT, but it would
> not say anything about ability to coexist. It just says something about
> library conflicts.
>
> > (still dirty.. but better than what RPM does ;)

My "hack" does something similar as rpm does when packaging up (they record 
all library versions, but forget where to get them)

Paul

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