From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A03E13832E for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:20:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A320821C120; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:20:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE3B421C054 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.yakaraplc.local (host213-123-185-55.in-addr.btopenworld.com [213.123.185.55]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: chewi) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 17BC3340B19 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 11:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:20:33 +0100 From: James Le Cuirot To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] libpcre.so.3 - Compatibility with Debian Message-ID: <20160811122033.18152632@red.yakaraplc.local> In-Reply-To: <22444.22978.952581.582549@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <20160811001053.5b98e44a@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> <22444.18637.297626.134016@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20160811111141.16bdfcd5@red.yakaraplc.local> <22444.22978.952581.582549@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 1734a739-49a5-4279-bcab-1a27cd24b11a X-Archives-Hash: 5f3a008c63c8dbd9c810965dede2bd98 On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:56:02 +0200 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >> IMHO providing compatibility symlinks for proprietary binary-only > >> programs isn't the task of the libpcre package. > > > I'm fine with putting it in libpcre-debian package as kentnl > > suggested. > > I still think that the libpcre.so.3 compatibility link shouldn't be > installed in a generally visible location. Install it in a specific > directory instead, and start your binary with a wrapper which will > add that directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. That makes it slightly more awkward for binaries you may have installed manually. Can we agree to disagree on this one? It won't affect those who don't need it. Obviously if anything blows up, I'll take full responsibility. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer