[OE-core] complex versioning scenario

[Steffen Sledz]

We've a complex versioning scenario here which leads me to my limits. :(

There are two recipes. One for a shared library and one for an application using this library.

Both use GNU autotools (so they have internal version information). For continuous integration purposes both use AUTOREV.

At the moment the recipes look like this:


------------ libfoo_git.bb -------------
PR = "r7"
PE = "2"
SRCREV="${AUTOREV}"
PV = "gitr${SRCPV}"
...


------------ app_git.bb ----------------
DEPENDS = "... libfoo ..."
PR = "r10"
PE = "1"
SRCREV="${AUTOREV}"
PV = "gitr${SRCPV}"
...


Now we have the following problem. libfoo has some incompatible changes in its interface (a new internal major version).

In my opinion this should find its represenation in the package versioning in a way that the dependency checker can guarantee that the library and the application package match each other.

But how?

Regards,
Steffen

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