Re: [gpsd-dev] RPATH tangle

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:39:02 -0500
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

> It should be noted that this is a Debian-specific objection.  In
> particular, they reject the notion that when changing a library soname
> everything that depends on that library must be rebuilt.  pkgsrc
> takes a different approach and requires a rebuild.  Thus, it avoids he
> complexity of the games Debian plays to work around linking with two
> versions.

Ditto for gentoo.  When the soname is changed the old one is kept
until all users have evetually been recompiled.

RGDS
GARY
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