[vorbis-dev] Distribution Fixes

[Ali Abdin]

* Jack Moffitt (jack at icecast.org) wrote at 22:39 on 26/10/00:
> > Umm - as far as I know the libfile.so.0.0.0 (for example) goes into the
> > "normal" package, while the file 'libfile.so' (or libfile.so.1) gets installed
> > in the -devel package.
> > 
> > For example look at libpng and libpng-devel, libungif and libungif-devel,
> > libxml and libxml-devel, gnome-libs and gnome-libs-devel, kdelibs and
> > kdelibs-devel...
> 
> I don't like doing things for the sole reason that 8 other packages did
> it that way :)

My point was, every single package I know does it this way (I could list more
packages if you want?)
 
> Is there a _reason_ that .so goes in devel?  I mean, it's just a symlink
> to the other .so.* files...  .a i can understand, it's only needed for
> linking (which you'd only do during compiling), but I don't get the .so.
> Maybe this is a failure of mine to understand why there are three .so*
> files per lib anyway.  Anyone care to explain or have a url that does?

I think the reasoning is that the only way you could link to a .so file is if
you have the -devel part installed. I am no RPM expert so I am just taking a
wild stab in the dark.

But if Red Hat does their packages this way, shouldn't we (they /are/ the
creators and maintainers of rpm!)

It makes no difference with me really what you choose to do with this, I was
just pointing out what other packages do ;)

> > Oh, and my patch to ogg123 still didn't go in :(
> 
> I'll look for it on the list, but if you were to say, email it to me
> offlist, I'd probably do it faster :)

Well, I'll generate the diff then and mail it you personally (i have to
regenerate the diff cos it wouldn't apply cleanly to the latest branch).

regards,
Ali

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