Comment 20 for bug 25865

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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:32:44 +0000
From: Mark Baker <email address hidden>
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Subject: Re: libstdc++ allocator change

Adeodato Simó wrote:
> > please find a patch at http://people.ubuntu.com/patches/c2a-pcre3.diff
>
> Mark, please don't use that patch. The libpcre3 package ships both a C
> library and a C++ library, and only the C++ one is affected by this
> libstdc++ change.
That's why I haven't done anything about this yet.
> Given the high number of libpcre3 reverse
> dependencies (116),
Very few of which use the C++ library, of course.
> it's very unadvisable to rename the whole package.
> The right course of action would be to ship the C++ library in a
> separate package, so that in can be independently renamed in further
> transitions.
>
So I should put the C++ library in a new package, and no longer include
it in the libpcre3 package. What should I do about dependencies to get a
smooth upgrade path? Obviously people installing new versions of things
that use the C++ library will get the new package; until they do isn't
there a danger that they will install the new libpcre3 and things will
stop working?
> Mark, please let us know if you'll be able to fix this bug yourself in
> the next days, so that other libraries depending on libpcre3 can
> transition themselves.
I should have some time at the weekend.