Re: [SCM] GNU Libtool branch, master, updated. v2.2.4-45-gc2b8636

[Peter O'Gorman]

Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> On 8 Sep 2008, at 00:05, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>>
>>>> Adding 2 to age in 2.2.8 will not help, as it will change the soname
>>>> again.
>>>
>>> Maybe we should pull the release, and put out 2.2.6.1?
>>
>> How does one pull a release?  I don't think it is possible.
> 
> Replace the tarball with a message that says.  D'oh!  Sorry, this
> release was stillborn, please get this other one instead....
> 
>> Does FSF recommend 'a', 'b', 'c' notation for fixed releases, or does
>> it recommend adding another decimal place?
> 
> Actually, I think they recommend 'a' suffix IIRC...

Hi Gary,

The only other option to creating a new tarball etc, is to announce
somewhere that packagers should create a symlink from the old soname to
the new one. Such an announcement is likely to be missed by some
packagers though.

Sorry.

Peter
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