> Anyway it is extremely difficult to explain In short, according:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html 3.1.1. Shared Library Names Every shared library has a special name called the ``soname''. The soname has the prefix ``lib'', the name of the library, the phrase ``.so'', followed by a period and a version number that is incremented whenever the interface changes (as a special exception, the lowest-level C libraries don't start with ``lib''). Every shared library also has a ``real name'', which is the filename containing the actual library code. The real name adds to the soname a period, a minor number, another period, and the release number. In addition, there's the name that the compiler uses when requesting a library, (I'll call it the ``linker name''), which is simply the soname without any version number. ____________________________ The linker ld can deal with "soname" (the most recommended), "real name'' (to link a particular number) and the "linker name" (for fast coding to point to the soname without number.) Sadly, for a obscure reason, fpc accept only the "linker name" and strip everything from the soname before to sent it to the linker ld. and makes impossible to link a "soname". -- Sent from: http://mseide-msegui-talk.13964.n8.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
