[Mageia-dev] openssl regression

AL13N alien at rmail.be
Mon Jun 11 11:50:57 CEST 2012


> 'Twas brillig, and David Walser at 11/06/12 01:32 did gyre and gimble:
[...]
>> Indeed.  I wish there was an easier way to know what needs to be rebuilt
>> when things get updated.
>
> Well it the .so name does not change then it *should* be ABI compatible.
> It seems in this case it's only API compatible but that doesn't rule out
> certain values, macros or flags changing such that everything needs a
> recompile.
>
>> Just FYI, Mandriva rebuilt a whole bunch of stuff when they updated to
>> openssl 1.0.1.
>>
>> PS - the same was true when they updated to ffmpeg 0.11, and we haven't
>> follwed suit on that either.
>
> Well, as above it shouldn't be necessary, but "shouldn't" are "isn't"
> are two different things....

perhaps, after submission, it could suggest which are dependant on what
you've just submitted?


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