[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] package/libedit2: new package
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Wed May 15 07:01:26 UTC 2013
On 15/05/13 00:42, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Arnout, All,
>
> On 2013-05-15 00:27 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
>> Why is it called libedit2? Both NetBSD and Debian call it libedit...
>
> Debian actually calls it:
> libedit2
> libedit-dev
> See: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libedit
The digit after the libxxx binary is the library soname, which isn't
relevant for us. You should consider the source package name as the
upstream name.
Putting a digit behind the name should only be necessary for major
non-backward-compatible API changes, like qt5 or gstreamer1.
Regards,
Arnout
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