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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2004 03:36:08 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/gnutls Makefile distinfo pkg-plist
Message-ID:  <20040607103608.GA6032@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040607054432.GA2746@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 10:44:32PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 07:37:36PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:52:53PM -0700, Sergei Kolobov wrote:
> > > sergei      2004/06/04 14:52:53 PDT
> > >=20
> > >   FreeBSD ports repository
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     security/gnutls      Makefile distinfo pkg-plist=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   - Update to 1.0.13 (latest stable version) [1]
> > >   - Switch to libtool-1.5
> > >   - NOTE: shlib version was downgraded from 13 to 12
> >=20
> > Isn't that going to cause problems for anyone who uses portupgrade,
> > which preserves the old library version?  i.e. new code will be linked
> > to the old (higher-versioned) library.
>=20
> The "downgrade" isn't a problem functionality as the toolchian will be
> linked to what ever the .so symlink points to.  Remember that for ELF,
> the shared lib "version number" is really just plain text (vs. a.out
> rules).  It will confuse the hell out of people, but not the toolchain or
> OS.
>=20
> Does 'portupgrade' really hard code the numerical ordering rule vs.
> looking at what the .so symlink pointed to?

No, I think you're right.

Kris

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