Re: upstream shared library major versions

2012-05-10 Thread Brian May
Hello, Can somebody here please check out my response to the claim ""ld" prefers linking with the oldest [library version]." I suspect upgrading the major version to major * 1000 may have only worked due to unrelated reasons. Thanks -- Brian May -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ

Re: upstream shared library major versions

2012-05-10 Thread Simon McVittie
On 10/05/12 01:04, Brian May wrote: > Should I be changing > the library name from libdar64-5 to libdar64-5000? Or does this change > reflect some sort of misunderstanding in how library versions work? Given that he doesn't understand "why libtool sets the first digit to current-age (5000 instead