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Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6

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On 2018-07-31 00:37:38 +0200, Anders Andersson wrote:
> I just noticed that there are two packages for libmpfr:
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/libmpfr4
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/libmpfr6
> 
> 
> Funny thing is, this is what the versioning says on those pages:
> Package: libmpfr4 (3.1.6-1)
> Package: libmpfr6 (4.0.1-1)
> 
> ...ok, that's strange. Even weirder, they are both built from the same
> sources: mpfr-4.0.1-1.

No. libmpfr4 3.1.6-1 was built from mpfr4 3.1.6-1 and
libmpfr6 4.0.1-1 was built from mpfr4 4.0.1-1.

The package names are different due to ABI incompatibility
between MPFR 3.1 (which implements interfaces 4 and 5) and
MPFR 4.0 (which implements interface 6).

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What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2018-07-31 00:40 +0200
  Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-31 02:30 +0200
    Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-07-31 16:10 +0200
      Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-31 18:20 +0200
        Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-07-31 22:30 +0200
          Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-08-01 20:50 +0200
            Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-08-03 07:40 +0200
      Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-08-03 07:30 +0200
  Re: What's the deal with the mpfr versioning? libmpfr4 vs. libmpfr6 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2018-08-03 07:20 +0200

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