FS#15306 - [libtiff] libtiff.so.4 symlink
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Arch Linux
Opened by Ulf Winkelvos (uwinkelvos) - Sunday, 28 June 2009, 22:18 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 16:25 GMT
Opened by Ulf Winkelvos (uwinkelvos) - Sunday, 28 June 2009, 22:18 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 16:25 GMT
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Description: Debian based distributions symlink
libtiff.so.3.6.1 and upwards to libtiff.so.4, as there was
some accidental abi change. So software developed on these
systems that links to that "version" refuses to run on Arch.
This seems to be some dirty hack, but when i compile the
latest version (4.0.0 beta3) i get the following version
numbers:
pkg/usr/lib/libtiff.so -> libtiff.so.5.0.0 pkg/usr/lib/libtiff.so.5 -> libtiff.so.5.0.0 pkg/usr/lib/libtiff.so.5.0.0 Obviously the developers have adopted the debian versioning and so it should be save to create the symlink in the package. Additional info: http://www.asmail.be/msg0055439498.html http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45393 |
This task depends upon
If you need the dirty hack, do it in your system. This make libtiff to follow dirty ways.
If posible to rebuild the soft, do it, in other case if is a closed-source, send mail to authors with the request, or do the direty hack with the symlink, making the soft in and undefined behaviour. The ABI is incompatible, can work, or not...
So this is more of a Can't Fix than a Won't Fix.