On Sun, 2013-06-02 at 14:13 -0700, Ellery Newcomer wrote: > On 06/02/2013 02:00 PM, Russel Winder wrote: > > > > is non-standard and not compliant. The standard structure should be: > > > > libphobos2.so.0.63 the file > > libphobos2.so.0 a symbolic link to libphobos2.so.0.63 > > libphobos2.so a symbolic link to libphobos2.so.0 > > > > > > what is libphobos2.0
It is the soname concept. A soname specifies the number of API compatible versions. Basically it relates to the major version of an API. cf. for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soname http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#shlibpkgs -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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