[Mesa-dev] [PATCH] osmesa: Create a symlinked .so.8

[Matt Turner]

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Johannes Obermayr
<johannesobermayr at gmx.de> wrote:
> ---
>  src/mesa/drivers/osmesa/Makefile.am |    8 ++++++++
>  1 Datei geändert, 8 Zeilen hinzugefügt(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/osmesa/Makefile.am b/src/mesa/drivers/osmesa/Makefile.am
> index db1d14f..0696036 100644
> --- a/src/mesa/drivers/osmesa/Makefile.am
> +++ b/src/mesa/drivers/osmesa/Makefile.am
> @@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ all-local: lib at OSMESA_LIB@.la
>         $(MKDIR_P) $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR);
>         ln -f .libs/lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR)/lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so;
>         ln -f .libs/lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so. at VERSION@ $(top_builddir)/$(LIB_DIR)/lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so. at VERSION@;
> +
> +# The version bump from 8.0.x to 9.0.0 can make the need of massive rebuilds on
> +# current distributions when shipping an updated Mesa stack.
> +# Because the soversion bump for OSMesa is not caused by a changed API we can
> +# also symlink and ship a .so.8 to avoid such rebuilds.
> +install-exec-hook:
> +       cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && \
> +       ln -s lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so. at VERSION@ lib at OSMESA_LIB@.so.8;
>  endif
>
>  pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
> --
> 1.7.10.4

Can't we just stop using @VERSION@ as the so-version? Adding a .8 so
link is a disgusting hack.