Re: [Boost-cmake] Configuration for sonames for the boost dynamic libraries on Unix

Subject: Re: [Boost-cmake] Configuration for sonames for the boost dynamic libraries on Unix
From: Brad King (brad.king_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-29 14:16:26

Denis Arnaud wrote:
> 
> 2009/10/28 Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:vladimir_at_[hidden]>>
> 
>     This might be obvious, but such a soname would be wrong if the above
>     naming
>     of libraries is used, since there would be no
>     libboost_date_time-mt.so.4.
> 
>     - Volodya
> 
> 
> I've just checked what Debianers do. Currently, they set the soname to
> match the full library name
[snip]
> From some documentation, I understand that the SOVERSION attribute
> should be changed for each library, but I do not see where it should be
> configured.

Boost has no separate interface and implementation versions, so it may be
best to just set the VERSION property on all libraries and no SOVERSION
(or vice-versa...each defaults to the other).  Then CMake will only create

  libboost<component>.so -> libboost<component>.so.1.41.0
  libboost<component>.so.1.41.0

and the SONAME field will be "libboost<component>.so.1.41.0".

It looks like Boost's CMake framework has comments about SOVERSION in

  tools/build/CMake/BoostCore.cmake

-Brad