On 03/25/2011 12:25 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: > False. Due to the changed SONAME, the program would not even start. > The dynamic linker would fail to find the "old" library. That's why > the dependency is on a specific SONAME and not ">=". I'm not quite sure I understand this. Are you saying that the dependency is on a specific version, not *at least* a specific version because the developer doesn't want to take the chance that some needed feature isn't backward compatible? If not, why be so fussy? (Please note that this isn't meant as a challenge; I'm sure there's a good reason that I'm not aware of.) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines