On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:18:54 -0500, RS (Richard) wrote: > >> I'm working on a small library that uses a very simple makefile (no >> autoconf, etc.) and it sets the library name and soname within the >> makefile. >> >> Instead of hard coding it in the spec file I would like to extract the >> library name and soname from the makefile. > > Why? > Doesn't the makefile install the library correctly? > Or perhaps you only need to run "ldconfig -n ..." to add missing symlinks? Never used that before. I'll give it a shot. > One reason why I ask these questions is that several packagers prefer > hardcoded sonames in spec files, so they won't build soname bumps > accidentally. For hardcoded sonames in spec files, the build would > fail as an early-warning system. I can see the logic in that, but in this case the library in question has a VERY small target audience and if there was a breakage it would not be a show stopper. Thanks, Richard -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
