versioning, backward compatability

[Jan.Horan]

Hi,

I translated my library using libtool with the -version-info=5:0:0 parameter 
and I installed it into /usr/local//lib using libtool. Then I translated 
executable "prog" which was linked with this library. Readelf -d prog shows 

0x00000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libmylibrary.so.5]

Then I translated same library again with parameter -version-info 6:0:6. With 
this, I wanted to say that this new interface number 6 is backward compatible 
with all older interfaces and that all programs that was ever linked againts 
any former version of my library should now link this new version of library.

However after I installed new library, my "prog" is still linking old 
libmylibrary.5.0.0 because symlink libmylibrary.so.5 is still pointing to old 
one. The only thing that happened is that executables that was linked (I mean 
when link editor created it)   with mylibrary interface version 0 are now 
dynamicaly linked with the new library because libmylibrary.so.0 symlink is now 
pointing to new library that was translated with -version-info 6:0:6 parameter.

Could anyone help ? Thanks