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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst index 87f6c49..66e7bde 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/VERSION.rst @@ -3,14 +3,27 @@ VERSION What version number is this target. -For shared libraries VERSION and SOVERSION can be used to specify the -build version and API version respectively. When building or +For shared libraries ``VERSION`` and :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION` can be used +to specify the build version and API 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 -executables VERSION can be used to specify the build version. When +executables ``VERSION`` can be used to specify the build version. When building or installing appropriate symlinks are created if the -platform supports symlinks. For shared libraries and executables on -Windows the VERSION attribute is parsed to extract a "major.minor" -version number. These numbers are used as the image version of the -binary. +platform supports symlinks. + +Windows Versions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +For shared libraries and executables on Windows the ``VERSION`` +attribute is parsed to extract a ``<major>.<minor>`` version number. +These numbers are used as the image version of the binary. + +Mach-O Versions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +For shared libraries and executables on Mach-O systems (e.g. OS X, iOS), +the :prop_tgt:`SOVERSION` property correspond to *compatibility version* and +``VERSION`` to *current version*. See the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK` target +property for an example. Versions of Mach-O binaries may be checked with the +``otool -L <binary>`` command. |