rawhide report: 20051110 changes
Thomas M Steenholdt
tmus at tmus.dk
Thu Nov 10 20:01:45 UTC 2005
Avi Kivity wrote:
> Build System wrote:
>
>> - Rebuild due to mysql 5.0 update and openssl library update.
>>
>>
>>
> we see rebuilds very often due to library updates. are they strictly
> necessary (i.e., do the libraries break binary compatbility so often?)
>
> much of the advantages of shared libraries are lost this way. we have to
> update a ton of packages, and those which are forgotten (or locally
> built) break.
>
sometimes updating a shared library breaks the interface or possibly
even adds new features that we want. In these cases rebuild is required.
Most times, it's when updating to a new version of a lib, openssl 0.9.7
- 0.9.8 which i believe is what has happened here. (haven't checked though)
/Thomas
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