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| author | Sune Stolborg Vuorela <sune@vuorela.dk> | 2024-01-23 14:06:36 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2024-01-31 14:52:07 (GMT) |
| commit | fcab4bee21ab69ca32df9a745d645766aeac0aa6 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a1e448a704fcaa780f757e27f28338a96c4e45e /Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst | |
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Help: Document conventional VERSION/SOVERSION relationship
Issue: #25626
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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst index 95db483..f9cb020 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ VERSION ------- -What version number is this target. +Version number of a shared library target. For shared libraries ``VERSION`` and :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION` can be used -to specify the build version and API version respectively. When building or +to specify the build version and ABI version respectively. When building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform supports symlinks and the linker supports so-names. If only one of both is specified the missing is assumed to have the same version number. For @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ executables ``VERSION`` can be used to specify the build version. When building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform supports symlinks. +.. include:: VERSION_SOVERSION_EXAMPLE.txt + Windows Versions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |