Re: [boost] Howto set SONAME (DLLVERSION)?

From: Neal Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-11 10:01:36

Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> Doug Gregor wrote:
>> On Nov 11, 2005, at 9:31 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>I want to set SONAME to 1.33, since 1.33.1 should be compatible with
>>>1.33.0.  Where/how can I set this?
>> 
>> 
>> I'm not sure if 1.33.1 is binary compatible with 1.33.0 (and, worse, I
>> don't know how to check...).
> 
> I guess the best bet would be to compile all tests with the 1.33.0
> release, but then run them with boost libraries compiled with 1.33.1.
> 
> Of course, that's still not sufficient, as tests don't guarantee to
> provide full coverage, but it might be a good indicator anyways.
> 
> Regards,

Thanks, guys - but does anyone know the answer to my original question?  How
do I use bjam and specify SONAME?  I see it is called DLLVERSION in some
jam files, but I don't know how to set it.  I tried bjam -sDLLVERSION=xxx.