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diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml index d274a95..d491fa5 100644 --- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml +++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/__init__.xml @@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ On some platforms, there is a distinction between a shared library and a loadable module (explicitly loaded by user action). For maximum portability, use the &b-LoadableModule; builder for the latter. +When the &cv-link-SHLIBVERSION; construction variable is defined a versioned +shared library is created. This modifies the &cv-link-SHLINKFLAGS; as required, +adds the version number to the library name, and creates the symlinks that +are needed. &cv-link-SHLIBVERSION; needs to be of the form X.Y.Z, where X +and Y are numbers, and Z is a number but can also contain letters to designate +alpha, beta, or release candidate patch levels. + +This builder may create multiple links to the library. On a POSIX system, +for the shared library libbar.so.2.3.1, the links created would be +libbar.so, libbar.so.2, and libbar.so.2.3; on a Darwin (OSX) system +the library would be libbar.2.3.1.dylib and the link would be +libbar.dylib. + On Windows systems, specifying <literal>register=1</literal> will cause the <filename>.dll</filename> to be |