On Tue, Feb 05, 2008, Jeff Johnson wrote:

> On Feb 5, 2008, at 8:27 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>
>> BTW, all this started because the autoconf test for uuid_import failed
>> against F9 uuid-1.6.0 packaging.
>
> Ah, here's UUD issue, dueling uuid libraries:
>
> $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libuuid.a
> e2fsprogs-devel-1.40.5-1.fc9.i386
>
> $ readelf -a /usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so.16.0.20 | grep uuid_import
> 0000b928  00003d07 R_386_JUMP_SLOT   000027d0   uuid_import
>     61: 000027d0   870 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT   11 uuid_import
> $ rpm -qf /usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so.16.0.20
> uuid-1.6.0-2.fc8.i386

Yes, Linux distros have a libuuid which is part of ext2utils
or such a package. Hence they rename OSSP uuid to libossp-uuid.

> I'll attempt a 2ndary test for libossp-uuid ...

Yes, we first have to look for libossp-uuid and then for just libuuid...

                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
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