Re: [RFC] Renaming libnet-1.1.1 to libnet2-1.1.1

at least under linux, it is not a great suprise to have many version of the same dynamic library running freely. linker thinks about everything (it uses the soname). to this regard i suggest libtool, it is very powerful. i compiled/linked software on both linux and aix without change a single line of code/makefile.

talking about static library, header files etc situation gets more complicated and needs some cooperation of the software author(s). but this is true only if one want to be able to build at the same time different softwares which needs different version of the libraries. once software is compiled, nobody care of the versions of what, code is in the binary.

in debian some software needs libnet 1.0.x, this is linked statically and once it is build doesn't need libnet package anymore. other software runs with libnet 1.1.x linked dynamically (i provided a modified version which uses libtool). both these kind of software run nicely together in the same system. no problem.

libnet debian packages are three:

libnet1
libnet1-dev
libnet0-dev

-dev packages provide static libraries and headers... libnet1 provides the dynamic one, and is required only by software compiled with libnet1-dev.

the -dev packages are required only by software build process. they conflict each other, so one at most can be installed on the system in a given time. depending on what you want to build, you install the right one for you.

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if existed a dynamic version of libnet 1.0.x, its package would have been libnet0, with no problem added.

i hope to have helped someway.

cheers
cavok

On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 03:25:02PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
> Your approach requires apps using libnet-1.0 have
indeed

> Would that be more acceptable?
i don't see any need to change any name. but maybe i completely missed the point.

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