[Scons-dev] Tutorial for Linux versioned libraries

[anatoly techtonik]

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 3:29 AM, William Blevins <wblevins001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anatoly,
>>
>> > I've sent a pull request with the changes:
>> > https://github.com/techtonik/RHVoice/pull/1
>>
>> Thanks. I need to understand the issue better before merging it.
>> 1. If RHVoice needs those version numbers at all?
>> 2. Why it tries to load so.0 when there is .0.0.0?
>
>
> Here is my understanding of linux standards for shared libraries:
>
> Example:
> thing.so -> thing.so.1
> thing.so.1 -> thing.so.1.2.3
> thing.so.1.2.3 (the real file)
>
> GNU linkers (and others) embed shared library information into the final
> product in the form thing.so.1, so that the library can undergo patch
> updates (EG. 1.2.3 -> 1.2.4) without requiring the application to be
> recompiled.

That make it clear. Thanks.

The only question is the Install stuff. The operating system knows better
where to install things, no? It creates a package registry and tracks all the
files. Is SCons Install just a development hack?