That actually is how your distro keeps track of the newest version of the lib. If you do an "ls" in your /usr/lib you should see that a lot.
libe.so should be a link to libe.so.000, so there shouldn't be any impact. When the lib changes version numbers the link would be: libe.so -> libe.so.0XX This allows the version of the lib to be upgraded without having to recompile all of the software that uses it. If it changes major version numbers (break of compatibility) the "unix way" usually stipulates to do this: libe2.so -> libe2.so.001 (or atleast that is how libc does it anyway) that way any "older" software that links with "libe" will use that libe.so symlink, and "new" software would use libe2.so > Thanks for the reply... but I was only enquiring about the effects of > linking libe.so.000 to libe.so in the long run. For now the hack works > marvelously and I have e_utils already installed. > > -- > With kind regards, > Didier. > --- > > Didier F.B Casse | PhD candidate | Singapore Synchrotron light Source > (SSLS) > Email: didier.casse AT_Remove_THE_N00SPAM gmail DOT com | Web: > http://ssls.nus.edu.sg > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 11:30:34 +0200, Hisham Mardam Bey > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> add the path to libe into /etc/ld.so.conf >> >> >> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:31:14 +0800, Didier Casse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 21:53:04 -0500, Jason Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 10:38 +0800, Didier Casse wrote: >> > > > Hello, >> > > > I just happened to compile e_utils and it gave me some >> > > > compilation errors (see below), where it apparently looks for the >> file >> > > > libe.so file. Googling around this lead me to libe-devel. >> > > > >> > > > But I couldn't get a Fedora Core (FC) rpm for it and google lead >> me to: >> > > > >> > > > http://www.theether.org/libe/ >> > > > >> > > > where compiling the tarball only provided me with: >> > > > /usr/include/e/barrier.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/bitmask.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/bytes.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/cpa.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/e_error.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/hash.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/io.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/net.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/safe.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/token_array.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/tree.h >> > > > /usr/include/e/xmalloc.h >> > > > /usr/lib/libe.a >> > > > >> > > > and no libe.so. Does anybody know how I can obtain libe-devel for >> FC? >> > > > Or a tarball that would lead to it? Thanks. >> > > > >> > > > [SNIP] >> > > >> > > This is something I haven't quite completely figured out, but have >> found >> > > a hack around. libe.so should be included in the enlightenment DR17 >> > > window manager. But you only get >> > > >> > > libe.so.0 >> > > libe.so.0.0.0 >> > > >> > > Creating a symlink in /usr/lib (or your lib dir of choice) in the >> manner >> > > of >> > > ln -s libe.so.0.0.0 libe.so >> > > will help, but I know there is a slightly deaper issue here. >> > >> > Thanks for the hack tip. I think for now it would do, but what about >> > in the long run? I would also have the opinion from a developer's >> > point of view. Should we hack or not? >> > >> > >> > -- >> > With kind regards, >> > Didier. >> > --- >> > >> > Didier F.B Casse | PhD candidate | Singapore Synchrotron light Source >> (SSLS) >> > Email: didier.casse AT_Remove_THE_N00SPAM gmail DOT com | Web: >> > http://ssls.nus.edu.sg >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide >> > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real >> users. >> > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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