Description of problem: The link /usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0 should point to libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 according to the RPM package SDL. But immediately after installation of SDL and SDL-devel, it points to libSDL.so. Presumably, the ldconfig run in the postinstall is responsible for the modification. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): SDL-1.2.15-7.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install/upgrade SDL.x86_64 and SDL-devel.x86_&4 2. rpm -V SDL Actual results: ....L.... /usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0 Expected results: No output.
I'm sorry I cannot reproduce your problem with SDL-1.2.15-8.fc19.x86_64. The symlinks in the RPM packages are good, the scriptlets in both packages too, and running ldconfig or ldconfig -i does not introduce any change. Does you problem still persist?
Sorry for the delay. I've been out travelling and not had the opportunity to try until now. But now I tried to upgrade to the latest SDL (9.fc19), and the problem was indeed not there after the upgrade. libSDL-1.2.so.0 points to libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 as expected. There is still something weird going on that I don't understand though. ldconfig still prefers to link libSDL-1.2.so.0 to libSDL.so. It says so if I run "ldconfig -v", and if I remove the link libSDL-1.2.so.0 and reruns ldconfig, it creates a link pointing to libSDL.so rather than libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4. But if the libSDL-1.2.so.0 link is there, and points to libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 before ldconfig is run, then it is left in place. Possibly what happened when I upgraded to 7.fc19 was that the link was removed, and then ldconfig created the new incorrect link. I don't understand what would cause that, though. And I don't understand why ldconfig wants to point to libSDL.so rather than libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.4 in the first place.
I think it's because libSDL.so symlink is called libSDL.so and not libSDL-1.2.so to mach the base name. If you uninstall SDL-devel or if you remove the libSDL.so symlink, then ldconfig will show expected values. I think the symlink for compile-time linking should be called libSDL-1.2.so. But I worry there is a strong compatibility reason because the bad name is used everywhere (other distributions, upstream). I worry that removing the bad name could cause someone's headaches. The same issue is with libSDL_ttf.so. I will ask on fedora-devel.
Thanks. I see your message, and will follow and see if you get any replies.
The thread is <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/181593>. No explanation has been provided so far. A back-ward compatibility tip was to use proper base name and create a linker script under the libSDL.so name.
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