imlib .so questions.

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:47:28 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> This pertains to this bug report (review actually):
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=194355
> 
> rpmlint outputs the following errors:
> 
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-xpm.so libimlib-xpm.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-jpeg.so libimlib-jpeg.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-tiff.so libimlib-tiff.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-ppm.so libimlib-ppm.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-bmp.so libimlib-bmp.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-ps.so libimlib-ps.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-gif.so libimlib-gif.so
> E: imlib invalid-soname /usr/lib/libimlib-png.so libimlib-png.so
> 
> I am not sure how to fix this.

By adding a proper version to the SONAME or moving these plugins into a
sub-directory like imlib2 does. However, it then needs RPATH or absolute
paths to load them.

> Its a legacy library, so is it worth fixing?

No.