Patrice Dumas writes: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:38:31AM +0100, Andrew Haley wrote: > > > It seemed to me that the soname was used to track the ABI compatibility > > > issues arising from changes in the library. > > > > Yes. > > > > > This means using the upstream soname scheme (at least when it is > > > not broken). > > > > That's right. So what is the problem you want to solve? > > I am trying to solve the issue of binary incompatibility introduced by ABI > changes triggered by changes in the compiler (for example g77 -> > gfortran transition, C or C++ ABI change). This is exhausting. Please explain why the soname scheme does not work for changes in the compiler as well as for changes in the library! Andrew. -- Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, UK Registered in England and Wales No. 3798903 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
