Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng v2.16-rc2 -- shlib versions

[Karel Zak]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 07:22:51PM +0200, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> The choice of shared library versions from util-linux-ng-2.16-rc2:
> 	libblkid.so.1 -> libblkid.so.1.0.0
> 	libuuid.so.1 -> libuuid.so.1.0.0
> is somewhat unfortunate, because e2fsprogs-1.41.3 has:
> 	libblkid.so.1 -> libblkid.so.1.0
> 	libuuid.so.1 -> libuuid.so.1.2
> with the consequence that as long as the older e2fsprogs libraries are not
> removed, ldconfig will create a symlink to the older libuuid from e2fsprogs
> (I am not sure about the symlink for libblkid).
>
> This problem could safely be avoided if util-linux-ng were to choose at
> least libuuid.so.1.2.0 or maybe even better to be absolutely safe
> libblkid.so.1.1.0 and libuuid.so.1.3.0.

 Fixed. See the patch below.

    Karel