| Junichi Uekawa 2005-07-15, 7:53 am |
| Hi,
>
> Yes and no.
>
> The programer can overlook the soname change for the source. The API
> hasn't changed and nothing needs to adjust for the new soname.
>
> The packaging system won't let the binary forget the soname change
> though as that is part of the package name of the libary. Binaries
> will keep using the old lib till they are recompiled.
I'm talking about the following case:
1. libA depends on libB1, but only build-depends on libB-dev
2. libB1 changes to be libB2.
3. libA is rebuilt with libB2 without maintainer noticing (could happen
on buildd, etc.), possibly creating a noncompatible interface.
It would be a practical case especially when libB1, libB2 are not
using versioned symbols.
regards,
junichi
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