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Richard Freeman wrote: |
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> The dynamic linker doesn't need to consult the filename to figure out |
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> how to parse a shared object. It only consults the filename to figure |
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> out which shared object is needed. That is actually analogous to |
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> putting the package name/version in the ebuild filename. |
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Right. Plus, if the linker *did* consult the filename, imagine what |
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would happen if someone renamed the file (even by accident) and changed |
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the version? The parser should not be able to be so easily fooled - |
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could cause great confusion and or nasty and weird bugs - seems very |
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fragile to me. Having the version *in* the file is much safer, since |
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monkeying with that would require editing it the file, rather than |
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renaming it. |
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-Joe |
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