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1 This library is designed to allow parallel installation of different major
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2 versions. To facilitate this, the shared library name, include directory, and
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3 pkg-config file are suffixed with the major version number of the library.
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5 For example, if this library was named "foo" and at version 1.x.y:
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7 /usr/include/foo-1/foo/foo.h
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8 /usr/lib/foo-1.so.1.x.y
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9 /usr/lib/pkgconfig/foo-1.pc
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10
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11 Dependencies check for pkg-config name "foo-1" and will build
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12 against a compatible version 1, regardless any other installed versions.
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13
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14 *** IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FOR PACKAGERS ***
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15
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16 Packages should follow the same conventions as above, i.e. include the major
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17 version (and only the major version) in the name of the package. Continuing the
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18 example above, the package(s) would be named foo-1 and foo-1-dev. This way,
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19 if/when version 2 comes out, it may be installed at the same time as version 1
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20 without breaking anything.
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21
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22 Please do not create packages of this library that do not follow these
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23 guidelines, you will break things and cause unnecessary headaches. Please do
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24 not use any number as a suffix other than the actual major version number of the
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25 upstream source package.
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27 Because program and documentation names are not versioned, these should be
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28 included in separate packages which may replace previous versions, since
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29 there is little use in having parallel installations of them. |
