Hi Hendrik, > > Details about the original thought: > > > > OpenOBEX uses a version-info of 5:1:4 now which translates to a soname > > of 1.4.1. > > (The scheme here is current : revision : age which is translated to a > > soname of current-age . age . revision.) > > The soname of .2.0 (ABI 2, age 0) tells to be compatible to e.g. the > > soname of .1.1 (ABI 2, age 1, revisions ommited). > > > > But that's just the theoretical side -- I can't even say if some > > linker might choose librarys that liberal. Also there shouldn't be any > > apps linked to ABI 2 around any more, right? > > Please note: the libtool scheme has absolutely nothing to do with the linker > on any compiler/system I know of. > > On Linux a binary gets linked to libopenobex.so, the linker reads the SONAME > from libopenobex.so and adds that to the dependency list of the other binary. > That would work even with having only libopenobex.so.2 as the real binary > library file. > With CMake I can just name the files: > libopenobex.so > libopenobex.so.2 > libopenobex.so.1.6.0 > > Asuming anything from the name of the latter file name is libtool > miseducation. > You can only do this if you know that this library was built using libtool > and > not renamed afterwards. > Since most system administrators will not know about the libtool naming > scheme, it is fairly useless (because the encoding information is not > understood). > > You can use > -version-number 2:0:0 > instead of > -version-info 6:0:0 > I just don't know if this is Debian specific or a normal libtool feature. It > still extracts the soname automatically from the first given part (that > really > hurts, why don't they provide an option instead of guessing?), so 2:0:0 must > be used instead if 1:6:0 > At that point, I don't care anymore. When using libtool, you obviously have > to > live with it guessing values.
I decided to with -version-info 2:0:0 since that bumps the SONAME and that is the important part here. Everything else is just pointless on most Unix/Linux systems. Regards Marcel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Openobex-users mailing list Openobex-users@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openobex-users
