On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 05:34:33PM +0100, Rainer Orth wrote: > Robert, > > > This change was a long time coming, so many people have complained > > about having libx.so.1 under Solars/Linux and having libx.so.2 under IRIX. > > Adding 1 to the version isn't necessary, I've looked everywhere I could > > think of to find out why this was done in the first place, but found > > none. I realize this change doesn't "fix" anything, and could potentially > > cause problems, but these will be transient, and it is consistent with > > other platforms. > > indeed: breaking every application linked against the old (overwritten) > version of affected libraries is certainly a problem. This will be > transient since people will be forced to rebuild/relink every affected > application; something I consider a nightmare in big installations, > especially when libraries used all over the place (like the GCC runtime > libraries) are affected. > > I can already hear the outcry from affected users and admins; I don't want > to be in the position to explain to them that their applications had to be > broken for cosmetic reasons and consistency with other platforms.
I think Rainer has a point. This change shouldn't be made lightly. Perhaps the "add 1 for IRIX" behaviour could be made a libtool option that is ON by default? -S _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
