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Re: How does libtool decide which so to link against?
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Giles Anderson |
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Re: How does libtool decide which so to link against? |
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Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:00:55 +0100 |
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Thanks Mike, Daniel and please excuse my ignorance in questioning libtool.
Do you know of a definitive guide & explanation of the correct way to
define/use
SONAMEs etc?
Giles
On Monday 25 October 2010 22:17:01 address@hidden wrote:
> Giles Anderson wrote:
> > I have upgraded Boost and find that I have to re-link my own executables.
> > Should I have to? I dont really want to.
>
> Boost API changes generally involve more than a simple relink. Their data
> structures and templates frequently change, often for bugfixes. In fact,
> many boost libraries are header-only. I would recommend a full make clean
> to remove old object files and do a full rebuild.
>
> The alternative is to follow Mike's advice and somehow preserve the old
> shared object files. Since Boost itself doesn't have many external
> dependencies, this might not be difficult.
>
> - Daniel
>
>
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