Re: [PATCH] make freebsd-elf version type similar to linux version type

Hi Tijl,

Thanks for the patches.

> On 27 Nov 2014, at 17:59, Tijl Coosemans <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On FreeBSD we have switched from using .so.$current as library extension
> to .so.$major.$age.$revision where $major is $current-$age.  Our package
> of libtool has been patched similar to the patch below which you can see
> here: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/libtool/files/

What about people who want to build packages for an old BSD a with the
earlier versioning scheme? Is it possible to redo your patch so that the change
only takes effect for *-freebsdx.y* (or similar) where x.y denotes the earliest
release that fully supports the new versioning scheme?

> The "freebsd-elf" version type was also used for SCO UnixWare.  This
> patch creates a separate version type "sco" for that system.

Ack.

> ---
> build-aux/ltmain.in | 14 ++++++++++----
> m4/libtool.m4       |  5 +++--
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/build-aux/ltmain.in b/build-aux/ltmain.in
> index 65b5a2d..6cea0f8 100644
> --- a/build-aux/ltmain.in
> +++ b/build-aux/ltmain.in
> @@ -6795,13 +6795,13 @@ func_mode_link ()
>      #
>      case $version_type in
>      # correct linux to gnu/linux during the next big refactor
> -      darwin|linux|osf|windows|none)
> +      darwin|freebsd-elf|linux|osf|windows|none)
>        func_arith $number_major + $number_minor
>        current=$func_arith_result
>        age=$number_minor
>        revision=$number_revision
>        ;;
> -      freebsd-aout|freebsd-elf|qnx|sunos)
> +      freebsd-aout|qnx|sco|sunos)
>        current=$number_major
>        revision=$number_minor
>        age=0
> @@ -6887,8 +6887,9 @@ func_mode_link ()
>      ;;
> 
>    freebsd-elf)
> -      major=.$current
> -      versuffix=.$current
> +      func_arith $current - $age
> +      major=.$func_arith_result
> +      versuffix=$major.$age.$revision
>      ;;
> 
>    irix | nonstopux)
> @@ -6951,6 +6952,11 @@ func_mode_link ()
>      versuffix=.$current
>      ;;
> 
> +    sco)
> +      major=.$current
> +      versuffix=.$current
> +      ;;
> +
>    sunos)
>      major=.$current
>      versuffix=.$current.$revision
> diff --git a/m4/libtool.m4 b/m4/libtool.m4
> index 320d8b3..acbda77 100644
> --- a/m4/libtool.m4
> +++ b/m4/libtool.m4
> @@ -2543,7 +2543,8 @@ freebsd* | dragonfly*)
>   version_type=freebsd-$objformat
>   case $version_type in
>     freebsd-elf*)
> -      library_names_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$versuffix $libname$release$shared_ext $libname$shared_ext'
> +      library_names_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$versuffix $libname$release$shared_ext$major $libname$shared_ext'
> +      soname_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$major'
>       need_version=no
>       need_lib_prefix=no
>       ;;
> @@ -2888,7 +2889,7 @@ sysv4*MP*)
>   ;;
> 
> sysv5* | sco3.2v5* | sco5v6* | unixware* | OpenUNIX* | sysv4*uw2*)
> -  version_type=freebsd-elf
> +  version_type=sco
>   need_lib_prefix=no
>   need_version=no
>   library_names_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$versuffix $libname$release$shared_ext $libname$shared_ext'

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)