RE: IRIX and .so numbers

[Nick Blievers]

Hi Robert,
        Sorry, I am using version 1.3.2, but have noticed the problem also 
occurs
in 1.3.4 and the latest CVS version (at least from what I can see via
cvsweb).

Thanks! :)

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Behalf Of Robert Boehne
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 January 2002 2:43
> To: Nick Blievers
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: IRIX and .so numbers
>
>
> Nick:
>
> I have recently noticed this as well.  I get the correct version on
> every platform except for IRIX where it is `expr $correct + 1`.
> You are using CVS, correct?  I'm no expert on the versioning
> Libtool code so if anyone could comment on why this might
> be there that'd help.  Nick, you should always tell us what version
> you're using when you ask about a bug.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
> Nick Blievers wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >         in ltmain.in there is the following block of code:
> >         irix | nonstopux)
> >           case $version_type in
> >             nonstopux) verstring_prefix=nonstopux ;;
> >             *)         verstring_prefix=sgi ;;
> >           esac
> >           verstring="$verstring_prefix$major.$revision"
> >
> >           major=`expr $current - $age + 1`
> >
> >           # Add in all the interfaces that we are compatible with.
> >           loop=$revision
> >           while test "$loop" -ne 0; do
> >             iface=`expr $revision - $loop`
> >             loop=`expr $loop - 1`
> >             verstring="$verstring_prefix$major.$iface:$verstring"
> >           done
> >
> >           # Before this point, $major must not contain `.'.
> >           major=.$major
> >           versuffix="$major.$revision"
> >           ;;
> >
> >         linux)
> >           major=.`expr $current - $age`
> >           versuffix="$major.$age.$revision"
> >           ;;
> >
> > Can anyone explain why major=`expr $current - $age + 1` for
> IRIX? When I am
> > building freetype, I get *.so.6 on Linux and *.so.7 on IRIX,
> which suggests
> > the +1 is erroneous. Can anyone confirm?
> >
> > Removing the +1 seems to give the desired results, and allows
> my OpenOffice
> > build to continue.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Nick
> >
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