----- Original Message ----- From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost@cs.msu.su> To: "Boost mailing list" <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:05 PM Subject: [boost] Library names in system layout on linux
Hi,
we had discussion about the library names that are produced on Linux, with --layout system:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/19529
Two person who package Boost for different Linuxes participated, and I think we've agreed on some changes that will make them, and hopefully linux users, a bit happier. Now, with --layout=system, the libraries are named like this:
libboost_filesystem_mt.so
The proposal is to:
1. Drop 'mt', since most libraries are built with MT on Linux, and don't use such special decorations.
How will you name the single threaded version?
2. Add version number at end, to comply with standard packaging.
So, we'd create:
libboost_filesystem.so.1.38.0
together with a symlink to it, named
libboost_filesystem.so
Ok for 2 Vicente