[Boost-build] Shared Library Version Naming

From: Anthony Novatsis (anthonynovatsis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-26 09:25:37

Dear All,

I am currently trying to create a shared library using boost-build with
version naming so that ldconfig will automatically create the necessary
symbolic links after installation.  Normally, the [gcc] command line for
this is something similar to the following.

gcc -shared -Wl,-h,libstuff.so.0 -o libstuff.so.0.0 stuff.o -lc

whereby a shared library called libstuff.so.0.0 will be created and then
when ldconfig is executed (with appropriate path setup), the symbolic link
libstuff.so.0 will be created which points to the libstuff.so.0.0 file.

Using boost-build, I have created a tag rule which modifies the name of the
shared library (type SHARED_LIB) to include the version number which
correctly modifies the soname to the name returned from the rule (with major
version number).  The resulting command line is as follows:

"g++" -o "bin/gcc-4.1.1/release/libstuff.so.0" -Wl,-h -Wl,libstuff.so.0
-shared -Wl,--start-group "bin/gcc-4.1.1/release/stuff.o" -Wl,--end-group
-Wl,--strip-all

However, as seen above, it also modifies the object name to the same value.
What I need is to modify the object name to a different value (with the
major and minor version numbers).  The desired command line is as follows:

"g++" -o "bin/gcc-4.1.1/release/libstuff.so.0.0" -Wl,-h -Wl,libstuff.so.0
-shared -Wl,--start-group "bin/gcc-4.1.1/release/stuff.o" -Wl,--end-group
-Wl,--strip-all

Does anybody know how I achieve this with boost-build?

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Anthony