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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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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:34:07 +0100 |
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On Saturday 30 October 2010 08:46:28 Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Do you know of a definitive guide & explanation of the correct way to
> > define/use SONAMEs etc?
>
> There is not always one correct way. However, there is one way that the
> Libtool manual recommends, and following it has turned out useful for
> both developers and users of a library. The Libtool approach is to not
> change the name part of the SONAME (on most systems, anyway), but only
> to modify the version part, with a custom, per-system mapping from
> abstract interface numbers to SONAME version. The API is described in
> info Libtool Versioning.
Thanks Ralf