Re: ldconfig

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.smurf.noris.de)
19 Dec 1996 14:33:01 +0100


In linux.dev.kernel, article <199612181648.LAA00905@greywolf.mail.net>,
ian@greywolf.mail.net writes:
>
> I found another bug with ldconfig v1.8.5. It seems that when you link some
> libraries (or try to redo the cache file), it outputs the following:
>
> libforms.so.0.81 => libforms.so.0.81
>
> This, of course, is completely wrong. It should output:
>
> libforms.so.0 => libforms.so.0.81
>
The part in front of the arrow is the soname of the library. If the thing
was built without an -Wl,-soname,libforms.so.0 option but with a "-o
libforms.so.0.81" option, this is what will happen, no matter what.

> (This is just an example, its actually occuring with this and other libraries

This is NOT A KERNEL ISSUE. Please take it to linux-gcc.

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