Re: Building tcpdump with static libraries

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

> > > > > "Guy" == Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> writes:
    Guy>and Ubuntu, being Debian-based, does the same.  Presumably the
    Guy>version number didn't change because the binary interface to the
    Guy>library hasn't changed in a backwards-incompatible fashion for
    Guy>ages (new routines and other new capabilities have been added,
    Guy>so the binary of an app built with a *later* shared version of
    Guy>the library won't work with an *earlier* shared version of the
    Guy>library if they use those new routines or capabilities, but,
    Guy>modulo library bugs, the binary of an app built with an
    Guy>*earlier* shared version of the library should work with a
    Guy>*later* shared version of the library).- 

Correct, they do not update the package name because the ABI hasn't
changed in an incompatible way.

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