binutils update - missing symlink

wuischke · 2007-06-27 19:22:59

Hi.

aMule from the repos is looking for a library called libbfd-2.17.so, but there's only libbfd-2.17.50.0.17.so in the recently updated package. I think there should be a symlink to the shorter name in order not to break other packages.

(Sorry if this is not the right place to report problems with packages, please tell me where I should report elsewise.)

Regards

Last edited by wuischke (2007-06-27 19:26:12)

tomk · 2007-06-27 20:28:25

aMule is compiled against binutils 2.17-4 from the current repo, which provides /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.so. /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.50.0.17.so is provided by binutils 2.17.50.0.17-2 from the testing repo.

You can either rebuild aMule against the testing/binutils package, or disable the testing repo and re-sync your installed packages.

wuischke · 2007-06-29 17:49:48

Thanks for the answer, I forgot that I was using Testing and such things might therefore happen. (Even though the "dirty" symlink works in most cases as well and are probably better in order not to break packages when using testing.)

tomk · 2007-06-29 21:20:55

wuischke wrote:

.... in order not to break packages when using testing

The whole point of using testing is to see if, or more likely which, packages break - using symlinks as a Bandaid to workaround such breakage is pointless IMO.

wuischke · 2007-06-30 07:46:35

OK, this makes definitately sense.

Should such things be reported, when I stumble upon it and if yes, where?

tomk · 2007-06-30 07:58:14

For official packages, use the bugtracker. For community packages, post a comment in the AUR.

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#1 2007-06-27 19:22:59

binutils update - missing symlink

#2 2007-06-27 20:28:25

Re: binutils update - missing symlink

#3 2007-06-29 17:49:48

Re: binutils update - missing symlink

#4 2007-06-29 21:20:55

Re: binutils update - missing symlink

#5 2007-06-30 07:46:35

Re: binutils update - missing symlink

#6 2007-06-30 07:58:14

Re: binutils update - missing symlink

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