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[Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v AT gmail.com>]

On 11/9/09, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik <ruskie AT codemages.net> wrote:
> :2009-11-08T20:17:Javier Vasquez:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On test, recently there was an update for directfb.  For it I had to
>> add 3 library links so that gtk+2 and several other applications still
>> continue to work, and also to compile (I tried recompiling them
>> without the links, but could not be possible):
>>
>> cd /usr/lib
>> ln -s libdirectfb-1.4.so.0.2.0 libdirectfb-1.3.so.0
>> ln -s libfusion-1.4.so.0.2.0 libfusion-1.3.so.0
>> ln -s libdirect-1.4.so.0.2.0 libdirect-1.3.so.0
>
> There is a reason they change the version names... It means its ABI
> incompatible. Which means when it hits something it needs from those
> libs it will fail badly.

OK, though this means reworking all other spells?  Any ways, as FYI,
I'm not having problems with the links as of now.  And as I said,
rebuilding without the links don't work, so I don't have any other
work around, :-(.

Thx,

-- 
Javier.