Re: GNU Libtool 2.2.6b released

[Jeff Squyres]

Congrats on the release!

I'm a little confused by the version number, though.

2.2.6a was explicitly billed as a packaging change vs. 2.2.6.  This  
was also the rationale provided as to why the "a" suffix was not  
included in the directory name from the expanded tarball.  This new  
release has the suffix "b" *and* includes "b" in the directory name.

This is a departure from prior LT releases where bug fixes incremented  
the minor number -- I expected this release to be 2.2.7.

Has LT changed its version numbering scheme?  More specifically --  
what exactly do the minor version number and suffix now represent?

Thanks!


On Nov 16, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Libtool 2.2.6b.
>
> GNU Libtool hides the complexity of using shared libraries behind a
> consistent, portable interface. GNU Libtool ships with GNU libltdl,
> which hides the complexity of loading dynamic runtime libraries
> (modules) behind a consistent, portable interface.
>
> This release is a bug fix release for version 2.2.6. The following
> bugs are fixed:
>
>    - Fixed libltdl to no longer attempt to dlopen() the old_library
>      listed in the .la file. Now will use only the preopen loader to
>      attempt to load it. This may be a security issue, all users are
>      advised to upgrade.
>    - Similarly, don't open module.la from the current directory, this
>      changes the behavior of libltdl to match the documentation.
>
> libtool-2.2.6b is available now from ftp.gnu.org, along with diffs
> against libtool-2.2.6a.  Please use a mirror to reduce stress on the
> main gnu machine:
>
>    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
>
> Here are the compressed sources:
>
>    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.2.6b.tar.gz
>    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.2.6b.tar.lzma
>
> Here are the diffs against libtool-2.2.6a:
>
>    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.2.6a-2.2.6b.diff.gz
>
> The MD5 and SHA1 checksums are:
>   libtool-2.2.6b.tar.gz         07da460450490148c6d2df0f21481a25
>   libtool-2.2.6b.tar.lzma       a4b36980765003b47dd75ac9429f4f11
>   libtool-2.2.6a-2.2.6b.diff.gz a485788eb8fac09f7bb19b9f471ecf16
>
>   libtool-2.2.6b.tar.gz          
> 5afa73c8ef9ebe64bbb438a0f8779c9036e43c55
>   libtool-2.2.6b.tar.lzma        
> 18baaac89eed8be7bd2af2d2181598e176029cc6
>   libtool-2.2.6a-2.2.6b.diff.gz  
> 161b4f775d2e17890a25fd791c2deb3a69dcf293
>
> This release was bootstrapped with automake-1.11 and autoconf-2.64.
>
> You can fetch the unbootstrapped source code with git by using the
> following commands:
>
>    $ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/libtool.git
>    $ cd libtool
>    $ git checkout v2.2.6b
>
> Please report bugs to <address@hidden>, along with the verbose
> output of any failed test groups, and the output from `./libtool
> --config.' The README file explains how to capture the verbose test
> output.


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Jeff Squyres
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