Re: RFC: on AIX, which "soname"-equivalent to prefer with runtime linking?

2011-01-21 Thread Robert Boehne
Michael, The "-brtl" isn't a "run-time linking" flag, but more exactly, it's a system-5 shared library compatibility mode flag. It is intended to provide a more familiar shared library style, not additional features. With AIX style shared libraries, you can put multiple versions of a shared li

RFC: on AIX, which "soname"-equivalent to prefer with runtime linking?

2011-01-21 Thread Michael Haubenwallner
Hello! On AIX, with runtime linking (-brtl linker flag) enabled, the current way how libtool creates shared libraries prevents any form of "soname" support, as there is no way to have the runtime loader to load a different version of some shared object (either standalone or as archive member) than