On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:00:52AM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 21:00 -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > Unfortunately, release 4.2.1 has the same library version bug
> > for libgmpxx.  So we'll have to wait for 4.2.2.
> 
> Ew, I tend to disagree. The changelog on their web page lists a "shared
> library version correct" as a bugfix and indeed the top-level
> Makefile.am contains the following:
> 
> LIBGMPXX_LT_CURRENT =  4
> LIBGMPXX_LT_REVISION = 1
> LIBGMPXX_LT_AGE =      1
>
> 
> Considering that libgmpxx*3* is currently in the archives it looks to me
> as if they have bumped the SONAME.

Nope -- Libtool computes the SOVERSION as CURRENT - AGE, which is 3.
Build it and see!

Apparently Torbjorn didn't realize that an ABI change had taken place
with libgmpxx, and he didn't change the -version-info appropriately.
He's acknowledged this to me in private email.  

I just sent another message to him tonight to see what he plans
to do in the near term.

-Steve


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