Richard Freeman wrote:
> The dynamic linker doesn't need to consult the filename to figure out
> how to parse a shared object. It only consults the filename to figure
> out which shared object is needed. That is actually analogous to
> putting the package name/version in the ebuild filename.
Right. Plus, if the linker *did* consult the filename, imagine what
would happen if someone renamed the file (even by accident) and changed
the version? The parser should not be able to be so easily fooled -
could cause great confusion and or nasty and weird bugs - seems very
fragile to me. Having the version *in* the file is much safer, since
monkeying with that would require editing it the file, rather than
renaming it.
-Joe
