Bug#671934: ABI changes without SONAME change

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b at web.de> wrote:
> Package: libavformat53
> Version: 6:0.8.2-1
> Severity: normal
>
> After updating libavformat53 my mplayer suddenyl fails:
>
> mplayer: relocation error: mplayer: symbol ff_codec_wav_tags, version LIBAVFORMAT_53 not defined in file libavformat.so.53 with link time reference
>
> Looks like libavformat has removed a symbol, which changes the ABI,
> without chaning the SONAME.

I am, just as upstream is, aware of this issue. However, there is
little that we can do about this. Mplayer is really not supposed to
use that symbol. Could you please state your version of mplayer so
that we can add a proper replaces on libavformat53 in unstable? This
would at least ensure a 'smooth' upgrade path.

-- 
regards,
    Reinhard