Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] tools: Bump library SONAMEs for 4.4

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: [PATCH] tools: Bump library SONAMEs for 4.4"):
> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 14:43 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > There have been ABI/API changes in libxc.  Bump its MAJOR (which
> > affets libxenguest et al too.)
> 
> "affects" (can be fixed on commit, no need to resend)

Oops.

> > There have been ABI changes in libxl.  Bump its MAJOR.
> > (The API changes have been dealt with as we go along - there is
> > already a LIBXL_API_VERSION 0x040400.)
> > 
> > None of the other libraries have changed their interfaces.  I have
> > verified this by building the tools and searching the dist/install
> > tree for files matching *.so.*.  For each library that showed up, I
> > did this:
> >   git-diff RELEASE-4.3.0..staging -- `find tools/FOO/ -name \*.h`
> > where FOO is the corresponding source directory.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Should we apply immediately? Only reason not to would be to wait for the
> conclusion of the libxlu_disk thing discussion with George and Olaf.

I don't think that's a reason to delay.  I think Olaf's libxlu_disk
thing can go in even after this change.

Ian.

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