Comment 8 for bug 25853

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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:30:01 +0100
From: Matthias Klose <email address hidden>
To: Robert Woodcock <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#339186: library package needs to be renamed (libstdc++ allocator change)

Robert Woodcock writes:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 07:55:58AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > Package: id3lib3.8.3
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Please do not take any action before reading
> > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00010.html
> >
> > This bug report is filed against the source package which builds
> > a library depending on libstdc++6 and defining or referencing
> > *mt_alloc* symbols. The package has to be rebuilt with either
> > g++-4.0_4.0.2-4 or g++-3.4_3.4.4-10 (or newer). Please rename the
> > library package to a name with a "c2a" suffix, and adjust the build
> > dependencies if dependencies on another renamed library do exist.
>
> Can my libid3-3.8.3c2a package include a 'Provides: libid3-3.8.3c2', or do I
> need to let the people who use my library know they need to rebuild as well?

think about it ... it *must not* provide the old one. the reason is
that people *have* to rebuild depending packages.

  Matthias