Thank you for your reply, Ralf > This is not possible, in general. It has nothing much to do with > libtool either, because typically it's just the system semantics that > allow for only one unversioned soname symlink. OK, but an easy check whether I can safely link with the lib would be nice, too.
> Of course, if you don't have to be able to have multiple versions > installed concurrently, then all you do is use a configure test like > AC_CHECK_LIB or sisters with the latest-added symbol that you need, > or a self-written link test if the latest needed API isn't > distinguishable by function symbol alone. Another point of having a AC_CHECK_LTLIB - like macro would be a possibility to check whether the version of the library is OK. Sometimes it is not possible to use AC_CHECK_LIB to check whether a function is in the library (due to calling convention). Well, I just wonder what is the sense of the libtool's versioning system since it can't be used by library users :-) Regards, Matej _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
