tech-pkg: Re: /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS registers wrong symlinks for shared libs

Subject: Re: /var/db/pkg/*/+CONTENTS registers wrong symlinks for shared libs
To: Rhialto <rhialto@azenomei.knuffel.net>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/09/2004 16:07:21

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Rhialto wrote:

> $ cat /var/db/pkg/Xrender-0.8.4nb1/+CONTENTS
> @name Xrender-0.8.4nb1
> @cwd /usr/pkg
> include/X11/extensions/Xrender.h
> @comment MD5:d1dd458bedb66fc59da412ce3868086f
> lib/libXrender.a
> @comment MD5:b9b888abc486832d1bac0274c5fcd2a1
> lib/libXrender.la
> @comment MD5:376b68b72526fa563dc91caa083d9a64
> lib/libXrender.so
> @comment Symlink:libXrender.so.1.2.2
> lib/libXrender.so.1
> @comment Symlink:libXrender.so.1.2.2
> lib/libXrender.so.1.2.2
> @comment MD5:68b6c55bd230ecc611f76bef1c57e458
> lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc
> @comment MD5:444f6b7bdc91cf5e51b54cf2ab18e3e4

> Pkg_delete will complain about this and not remove them. I suppose an
> install of an upgraded version will then fail.

I don't understand. Are you saying that
/usr/pkg/packages/Xrender-0.8.4nb1/lib/libXrender.so,
/usr/pkg/packages/Xrender-0.8.4nb1/lib/libXrender.so.1, and
/usr/pkg/packages/Xrender-0.8.4nb1/lib/libXrender.so.1.2.2 do not exist?

 Jeremy C. Reed

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