Re: Shouldn't libguilereadline, libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14 etc. be versioned?

[Rob Browning]

Matthias Koeppe <address@hidden> writes:

> Currently, Guile's auxiliary libraries libguilereadline,
> libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14, etc. all have library version 0.0.0, and
> they are loaded with DYNAMIC-LINK using the short name
> (libguilereadline.so).  This makes it hard to install multiple Guile
> versions on one host.
> 
> I'd suggest to attach libguile's library versions (currently, 10.0.0)
> to the auxiliary libraries as well and to use %guile-build-info to get
> the right version number when loading the libraries, like the patch
> included below illustrates.

We're planning to make sure to sort this stuff out before the 1.6
release.  I think we're probably going to do what you suggested, but
I'll need to look back at the relevant discussion (and my notes).  In
any case, you're right.  This needs to be fixed one way or another.

Thanks

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