[pkg-lua-devel] Bug#1063254: lua-luv: identified for time_t transition but no ABI in shlibs

[James McCoy]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 01:38:47PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> However, lua-luv's shlibs file declares a dependency on a library package
> name that contains no ABI information:
> 
> $ cat DEBIAN/shlibs
> liblua5.1-luv 0 lua-luv (>= 1.44.2-0)
> liblua5.2-luv 0 lua-luv (>= 1.44.2-0)
> liblua5.3-luv 0 lua-luv (>= 1.44.2-0)
> liblua5.4-luv 0 lua-luv (>= 1.44.2-0)
> $
> 
> It is therefore not obvious that we should rename the package to
> 'lua-luvt64' as part of this transition.

This is how most, if not all, of the lua modules are packaged.

I see that lua-compat53 was renamed to lua-compat53t64, but the 53 isn't
anything ABI related.  The package is named that because it's providing
a Lua 5.3-compatible API that can be used in Lua versions prior to 5.3.

I'm not sure why Lua modules are packaged this way, but any "obvious"
renamings of lua packages on your list are probably misleading.

Cheers,
-- 
James
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