FC1 and FC2 compatibility
Matthias Saou
thias at spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.spam.egg.and.spam.freshrpms.net
Fri Feb 13 12:27:50 UTC 2004
Tim Waugh wrote :
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 04:34:26PM -0600, Scott Sloan wrote:
>
> > Is there any compatibility issues with using rpms for FC1 on FC2?
>
> In other words, reasons that an RPM built on one will not work on
> another? There will be at least these:
>
> o Different Python version (and module ABI) means that packages
> providing extension modules will be providing modules that do not
> work with the running Python. In turn, any packages that want to
> use those extension modules will not be able to.
>
> o The libdb library has changed soname, and so anything that uses it
> will require the version it was built against.
>
> o So has libdbus, but there are far fewer things using that.
>
> o GIMP has been upgraded, and I think the plug-in ABI may have changed
> incompatibly. Packages providing GIMP plug-ins will be affected.
I see at least another major change :
o New rpm 4.3 vs. 4.2 with new soname, so applications like apt which are
linked against librpm need to be recompiled.
Matthias
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