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shlibs checking fail on neovim update
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Description
Something is wrong with shlibs checking on #14511, but i am not exactly sure what.
Story:
libvterm-0.0.20151229 provides libvterm.so.0, a symlink to libvterm.so.0.0.0
libvterm-0.1.1 provides libvterm.so.0, a symlink to libvterm.so.0.1.1
both provide libvterm.so, a symlink to real libvterm.so.0.?.?
libvterm.so.0.1.1 provides symbols not provided by libvterm.so.0.0.0
neovim-0.4.2 is linked against libvterm.so.0 provided by newer libvterm
xbps-src reads from shlibs that libvterm.so.0 is provided by libvterm>=0.0.20151229
xbps-src generates neovim package with run dep libvterm>=0.0.20151229
xbps don't update libvterm on update of neovim
neovim fails to start because of missing symbols in libvterm.so.0
Question: what is wrong:
- libvterm providing incompatible versions of libvterm.so.0, even if not telling to use them?
- toolchain linking against libvterm.so.0 symlink, not explicitly instructed to do so?
- xbps-src specifying symlink in shlibs?
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with issue #14511 and the xbps-src shlibs-checking and dependency-generation behavior described here. Compare the libvterm providers and neovim's generated runtime dependency; done means updates install a compatible libvterm and neovim no longer fails with missing symbols.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- neovim, shell
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100