Re: [Boost-build] Boost install: shared libraries

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-21 12:03:44

Vladimir Prus wrote:
>    libboost_program_options-gcc-1_35.so.1.35.0
>    libboost_program_options-gcc-1_35.so (symlink to the above)
>    libboost_program_options-gcc.so

If that last one is not a symlink, then that's a bug in BBv1.

> I gather that the different scheme with Boost might be related to lack of 
> binary compatibility between versions, but was this an explicit decision?

Yes it was an explicit decision right before the 1.33.1 release. The 
emails archives should have the discussion. But I don't remember which 
list it was on.

> Should we raise raise the question about binary compability betwen 1.N.M and 
> 1.N.(M+1) on the devel list?

Search the archives ;-)

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