Re: What is a soname?

[Paulo M C Aragão <yagpaulo-listas@yahoo.com>]

Tshepang,

> On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 11:09:20AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > Hello,
> > With the current ABI transitions, I have noted a lot of mention about
> > soname changes, always wondering what it means. Could someone
> > explain... thanks

This is where I very recently learned what a 'soname' is:

http://www.dwheeler.com/program-library/Program-Library-HOWTO/x36.html

These were also very useful to me:

http://www.iecc.com/linker/linker10.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-shlibs.html?ca=dgr-lnxw04SharedLib

If, after reading these, the concepts are still not clear, write back and I'll 
tell you what I understood.

Paulo