Re: [jamboost] v1 install: hard links

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-02 04:11:30

On Thursday 02 December 2004 11:52, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Hi,
> the code which is responsible to v1 install of Boost, in top-level Jamfile,
> uses HardLink to create links to shared libraries on Unix:
>
> HardLink $(noversion-file) : $(version-file) ;
>
> Why hard link is used? I always though symlink should be used; all
> libraries use symlinks on my system.
>
> Any comments?

Also:

ls *
libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.a 
libboost_program_options-gcc-d.a
libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so 
libboost_program_options-gcc-d.so 
libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so.1.32.0

1. Why there's no 

libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so.1 

linking to 

libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so.1.32.0

2. Why there's both 

libboost_program_options-gcc-d.so 

and

libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so 

3. Why do we need "1_32" duplicated in:

libboost_program_options-gcc-d-1_32.so.1.32.0

Overall, I'd expect a library file to be named

libboost_program_options-gcc-d.so.1.32.0

and have 

libboost_program_options-gcc-d.so
libboost_program_options-gcc-d.so.1

symlinks.

Comments?

- Volodya