libunistring update / soname update

Dagobert Michelsen dam at opencsw.org
Thu Oct 15 17:11:03 CEST 2015


Hi Ricardo,

Am 15.10.2015 um 15:53 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <rmottola at opencsw.org>:
> Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> This happens when people don’t understand the soname versioning:
>>   https://autotools.io/libtool/version.html
>> 
>>> May I update the package without issues? or would you suggest a respin of the older? I don't want to cause havoc.
>>> I would also rename the packahe from libunistring0 to libunistring2 of course.
>> 
>> Always look for reverse deps! It is just Guild, so just respin.
>> 
> 
> wait - I intended "respin" to rebuld the current version.
> 
> Do you mean that or should I proceed to make a libunistring2 package?

Just bump to libunistring2.

> I suppose that in that case I also need to make a "obsoletes", right?

What do you want to obsolete? This is a new SONAME, hence new package name.
I see no obsoletion here.


Best regards

  — Dago

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