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Re: [trinity-devel] libexiv2-10 and KDE3

From: Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:10:16 -0400

PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard@...> wrote:

>Ilya please, confirme if u are talking about http://www.exiv2.org or other..
>
>the names "libexiv2-9" and "libexiv2-10" dont reflect any version, in
>future i recomend for al parse versions..  so the i asume u upgrade
>from exiv2 0.9 to 0.10 so..
>
>the packages break due u'r old version has soname "libexiv2.so.9" in u
>/usr/lib (o whathever puach suse puts), and new version changed or
>renamed do.. the new version its libexiv2.so.10 ,  i will explain a
>posible solution and a reason of breaks
>
>1)Posible solve:  ln newrealfile -> oldnamefile  i explaint that: in
>debian libexiv2-9 put file in /usr/lib/libexiv2.so.10 so when upgrade
>breaks trinity desktop, so link that file to hope file
>/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.9 as : ln -s /usr/lib/libexiv2.so.10
>/usr/lib/libexiv2.so.9
>
>2) whiy changes: maybe a new api change, if the way of conver png
>files by library may change, then developers prevent and reflects
>changes for dependences as soname changes..
>
>When you change the way a library works there is no way to ensure that
>developments take into proyects changes, with the soname ensures that
>developments need to be switched to the new implementation by breaking
>the dependency on .. Triniti kde here now hav breaks with the old
>library and now must be compiled against the new, compelling use (if
>required) the new way of functioning that change in Exiv2
>
>On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Ilya Chernykh <anixxsus@...> wrote:
>> It seems that libexiv2-10 is not compatible with KDE3. After update of
>> libexiv2 from libexiv2-9 to libexiv2-10 in openSUSE:Factory all KDE3 packages
>> that require libexiv2 became broken.
>>
>> Any thoughts of how to mitigate this?
>>
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