Shared objects question

> If I compile my libraries into shared objects, how is the Solaris system handling them...

I am sure you will find this link useful: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1983

> Will it load the lib.so2 or lib.so1?

First of all, there should be a dot after "so": lib.so.1 and lib.so.2. General practice (and I guess a rule of thumb) is to

- link you binary against lib.so

- make lib.so a symlink to lib.so.1 when you have first version of your library

- when lib.so.2 comes up, change lib.so symlink to point to lib.so.2 and it will be picked by the dynamic linker for your binary.

Library filename suffix doesn't have any special meaning for the dynami linker. Different versions are handled in another fashion:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1983/6mhm6r4g1?q=version&a=view

MaximKartashev at 2007-7-7 2:58:16 >