Subject: Re: libtool major version
To: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
From: Nick Hudson <skrll@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/13/2002 16:10:11
On Thursday 12 December 2002 4:08 pm, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Irix, it turns out, devel/libtool-base build shared libraries with a
> higher major version (4 instead of 3) than on other OPSYSs.  How should
> we address this?
> 
> For the time being, I've added the following to my
> devel/libtool-base/Makefile:
> 
> .if ${OPSYS} != "IRIX"
> LIBMAJ=         3
> .else
> LIBMAJ=         4
> .endif
> 
> PLIST_SUBST+=   LIBMAJ=${LIBMAJ}

You'll have to do that in a lot of places...

> Should we patch the libtool-sources instead to build the same version?

Probably. Is there anything strange/different with IRIX shared libraries?

Nick