I think it changes quite rarely: - Once it changed in Linux 4.7, in commit [1] (April 2016), - Then it changed in Linux 5.1, in commit [2] (February 2019).
The Debian maintainer has a patch [3] that updates the SONAME version when ABI changes. There has been an attempt [4] to send that patch upstream, but apparently upstream is not interested in that. However, if ABI breaks once in three years, maybe it’s not that difficult to maintain a patch? [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac5a181d065d74fb [2]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ae2917093fb60bdc [3]: https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/blob/master/debian/patches/bugfix/all/cpupower-bump-soname-version.patch [4]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9168711/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1215411 Title: libcpupower.so is not installed from linux-tools Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Zesty: Invalid Status in linux source package in Eoan: In Progress Bug description: The patch for bug 1158668 installs cpupower_$(abi_version) command- line tool as well as libcpupower.so.$(abi_version). This isn't particularly suitable for projects that previously used libcpufreq and intend to migrate to libcpupower, because the libcpupower.so symlink is no longer installed. The command-line tools can also have symlinks (e.g. cpupower -> cpupower_$(abi_version)). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1215411/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
