[patch] Encode the libgcj soversion in libjava's private dir
Andrew Haley
aph-gcc@littlepinkcloud.COM
Thu Jul 5 13:29:00 GMT 2007
Matthias Klose writes:
> The following patch encodes the libgcj soversion in the name of the private
> libjava subdirectory. Currently a directory gcj-X.Y.Z is used, the patch changes
> that to gcj-X.Y.Z-N. This allows installation of multiple gcj versions within
> the same prefix, when the soname changes, but not the gcj version number. This
> usually happens, if vendors backport more recent versions of libjava to stable
> branches (as seen with Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu). There should not be any
> references to the private subdirectory, besides from libjava itself. The patch
> is in use without problems in the gcj builds for Debian and Ubuntu, and tested
> on i686-linux on the trunk.
>
> Ok for trunk?
I can't see anything wrong with it, but I'll wait for an ACK from Tom
Tromey.
Andrew.
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