Re: printing library version

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo,
>
> * Lorenzo Bettini wrote on Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:58:04PM CEST:
> > if I want to print the library version from a program I cannot simply
> >
> > current:revision:age
> >
> > because that does not correspond to the actual lib file name, e.g.,  
> > 2:0:1 corresponds to mylib.so.1.1.0...
> >
> > is it correct to print 2:0:1 or 1.1.0?
>
> What do your users need the data for?
>
> If this is for purely informational purposes, then it probably doesn't
> even matter what you print.  If you need it for a technical reason,
> well, I would like to understand that use case then.

I just wanted to print this version information together with a 
program's version information just to show which version of a library 
the program is using...

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