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versioning rationale for IRIX/OSF
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Tim Mooney |
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versioning rationale for IRIX/OSF |
Date: |
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:16:16 -0600 (CST) |
I've been using libtool for years, hacking on it for personal use for a
while, and on this list for a year or so.
One thing I've never understood about libtool is why it uses both SONAME
style versioning *and* internal versioning on platforms like IRIX and
Tru64. In the past I've hacked out the SONAME style versioning on those
two platforms so that it just uses `libwhatever.so' as the SONAME, and
the versioning is done via the internal versioning field.
Still there are advantages to using SONAME-based versioning (i.e. it's
slightly easier to have multiple versions of a library available on
a platform).
What I don't get is the rationale for using both styles. Can anyone
enlighten me regarding this issue?
Thanks!
Tim
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