Re: RFC: Soname in rpm name

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Aurelien Bompard wrote:

> Jeff Johnson wrote:
>  
>
> > Try with rpm -i.
> >    
>
> Yeah OK. How about something that would be understood by depsolvers then ?
>  

Depsolvers (at least correctly written ones) use Provides:, not Name:, 
for choosing
what packages to install.

The only reason for ornamenting the package name with gunk is to attempt 
to provide
a clue of differences through primitive HTTP/FTP browser GUI's.

> This must be a common problem, isn't it ? What do you do when an important
> library changes its soname in the next version ?
>  

Usually a soname is slam-dunked, the library and every package that uses 
the library
are changed at the same time. That works for the distro itself.

73 de Jeff