Re: Bug#49648: plib1: Where is -dev package?

1999-11-10 Thread tony mancill
On 9 Nov 1999, Falk Hueffner wrote: [snip] Hence, a program compiled with the Version 1 header will crash if linked against the version 2 library. [snip] This makes distributing binary programs very hard if the library is a '.so' because it's very likely that the program will

Re: Bug#49648: plib1: Where is -dev package?

1999-11-10 Thread Philipp Frauenfelder
Hi Falk, Hence, a program compiled with the Version 1 header will crash if linked against the version 2 library. [snip] This makes distributing binary programs very hard if the library is a '.so' because it's very likely that the program will become linked to a library that

Re: Bug#49648: plib1: Where is -dev package?

1999-11-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On 09 Nov 1999 18:44:05 +0100 Falk Hueffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This cannot happen when using Debian packages, since they (should) include appropriate Conflicts. Only if the original packager bound the binary against the libXXX.#.#.so and not the libXXX.so. It is not always trivial

Re: Bug#49648: plib1: Where is -dev package?

1999-11-09 Thread Philipp Frauenfelder
[ debian-mentors: I got the bug report quoted in the first part of the message. I don't think I'm experienced enough to come to a decision in this affair. Could someone explain the issues with C++ libraries, please. Thanks. ] Hi, According to the Debian policy you should provide a

Re: Bug#49648: plib1: Where is -dev package?

1999-11-09 Thread Falk Hueffner
[snip] Hence, a program compiled with the Version 1 header will crash if linked against the version 2 library. [snip] This makes distributing binary programs very hard if the library is a '.so' because it's very likely that the program will become linked to a library that doesn't match