On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Domenico Andreoli wrote:

> yep.... if you use something like libtool (and i know you do :) ) and
> maybe you use -rpath parameter (and i know you used it until 7.4.2)

What -rpath parameter? The one that libtool might use? I'm not aware of a
situation where I can tell libtool what flags to use, it automatically finds
out what flags your platform needs. The libtool docs at gnu.org says this as
well.

> moreover, if you start doing libraries (and, again, i know you do that
> kind of things :)) )

So why the if? libcurl is a library and has been for some time.

> why libcurl.so.0.0.0 if it is 7.4.2 or something else?!?

First, because I haven't paid attention properly. Second, it won't be named
'7.4.2' in the binary file even when I correct this behaviour.

> if you don't set the correct version in libraries and if you don't change
> the major one when you modify the interface *all* the packages that are
> linked dynamically against it BREAK!

True.

> do i seem too picky? :)

Not at all.

> is this kind of wishes the one you are looking for?

Exactly!

> PS why this list is so ssllooww?

Because everything works and no one wants any new features? :-P

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  Daniel Stenberg -- curl project maintainer -- http://curl.haxx.se/