2009/10/28 Denis ARNAUD <denis.arnaud_boost@m4x.org>
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Would it be possible to have the option, with CMake build, to use a more conventional soname, so that Linux distribution packagers (Debianers and RPM-based packagers such as me, for instance) be happy (i.e., have less extra code to write)?

Last year, Steve Robbins wrote that the Boost-CMake group could maybe add such option in the future (i.e., now).