On Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 12:46:37PM -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > Ok, another question. I edited the CMakeLists.txt and changed the > "STATIC" to "SHARED" and it compiled without issue creating a shared > library. Is there any down side to doing this? > > I guess now I have something for the pugixml package and then can > create a -devel subpackage with the header file and API documentation. > The downside is that the dynamic linker has a limited understanding of versioning so that libfoo.so.2 and libfoo.so.3 are considered incompatible but libfoo.so.2.0 and libfoo.so.2.1 are compatible. If upstream is making releases of its libraries without thinking about compatibility and versioning you may lead people to make false assumptions about this. The best bet here is to talk to the pugixml upstream, letting them know how easy it is to build shared libraries and asking if they're interested in managing their versions appropriately for that use case. -Toshio
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