Re: lib/42182: libpixman-1.so.0 is no longer available in NetBSD 5.0_STABLE

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/42182; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: Soren Jacobsen <snj%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: lib/42182: libpixman-1.so.0 is no longer available in NetBSD
        5.0_STABLE
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 07:45:16 +0000

 On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:55:06PM +0000, Soren Jacobsen wrote:
  >  I'm not sure there's really much that can be done about this PR.   
  >  We'll need to have separate 5.0 and 5.1 pkg binaries, but after an  
  >  upgrade, no previously installed packages should break, because the  
  >  old libraries will still be installed.
 
 There are still cases where it matters, e.g. copying your own binaries
 from a 5.0 machine to a 5.1 machine, sharing /usr/local/bin, etc.
 
 Can adequately compatible versions of these libs be built from the
 right version of the corresponding stuff in pkgsrc? That would allow
 setting up a compat package without too much hassle. (Maybe, perhaps
 modulo lossage in x11-links.)
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost