Re: [Log4cplus-devel] log4cplus SO file - forcing the SONAME header field

[Marcel L. <mar...@zo...>]

Op 23-05-13 15:25, Brice Copy schreef:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am compiling log4cplus from source on Red Hat enterprise 5 (CERN 
> scientific linux) 32 and 64 bits.
>
> The point is to package Log4cplus in my Java webstart project (to 
> enable logging in a native C++ library).
>
> The problem is that when I use the configure and make scripts, it 
> produces a liblog4cplus-1.1.so.5 library file.
>
> I really need the library file that ends with ".so"  - or Java 
> webstart will not unpack it from the native library JAR package and 
> add it to the library path.
>
> Renaming the file to liblog4cplus-1.1.so does not work, because I link 
> my own native library to log4cplus, and the liblog4cplus-1.1.so.5 file 
> contains the SONAME set to "liblog4cplus-1.1.so.5" (so the linker will 
> link to liblog4cplus-1.1.so but my own library expects 
> liblog4cplus-1.1.so.5 to be present on the path).
>
> Is there a "configure" option I can use to force the SONAME to 
> liblog4cplus-1.1.so ?
>
> Or can I strip the SONAME from the final library, thereby forcing the 
> linker to link to the library file name liblog4cplus-1.1.so ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brice
>
>
>
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Hi Brice,

I may be wrong, but isn't the Linux way of handling this to create a 
symbolic link. Usually, the SONAME contains the full library name (or at 
least the part containing the major version number).

Cheers,
Marcel Loose.