re: odd X11 symlinks in -current

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

   matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> writes:
   >    For reference, these symlinks are being created by things like:
   >    
   >    SYMLINKS+=      lib${LIB}.so.6 ${X11USRLIBDIR}/lib${LIBOLD}.so.6
   >    
   >    in src/external/mit/xorg/lib/libXaw6/Makefile and the analogs in the
   >    other Makefiles.
   >    
   >    I have no idea why they are being created etc., but as they point at
   >    nothing they're clearly not correct.
   >
   > oh, i see.
   >
   > christos broke them when he bumped every x11 shlib version.
   >
   > since we already broke the expected ABI, i see no good reason to keep
   > shipping those compat links.
   
   Okay, is the right thing to just remove the SYMLINKS lines in the
   corresponding Makefiles and obsolete the links in the sets lists?


i think leaving the old versions around for old binaries is
the right thing to do.


.mrg.