Bug 355651 – gnome 3 libraries final release library name change upon final release breaks applications

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Delan Azabani 2011-02-20 07:08:28 UTC]

Using the gnome overlay, today I did an emerge update, which pulled in the final releases of gtk and gdk (version 3, as opposed to 2.99). Oddly, the gtk library has moved from

/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.0.so

to

/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgtk-3.so

which drops the '.0' after '3'. Similarly, gdk has moved from

/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.0.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.0.so

to

/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.so.0
/usr/lib64/libgdk-3.so

This breaks programs such as =gnome-terminal-2.33.5, who try and load libgtk-3.0.so.0 and libgdk-3.0.so.0. I have worked around that by symlinking the old names to the new names. These are not the only two files that seem to be changed. Libraries like libgailutil-3.0.so[.0[.0.0]] have also dropped the first '.0', which, in that example, breaks nautilus.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. update to the newest final gtk, gdk, and other gnome 3 libriaries
2. observe library name changes and nautilus, gnome-terminal etc. breaking

Actual Results:  
Name change breaks applications.

Expected Results:  
Either the applications should be updated to reflect the library name changes, or the libraries should not have been renamed.

[Comment 1 Marc-Antoine Perennou 2011-02-20 08:37:40 UTC]

Don't symlink, it's not a correct workaround. It's a known and wanted behaviour. Like each time this occurs, the right solution is obviously to run revdep-rebuild

[Comment 2 Delan Azabani 2011-02-20 09:56:57 UTC]

I didn't know this. Thanks for that.