Re: Shared library versions

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shared library versions
Date: 2001-05-10 00:05:59
Message-ID: 200105100005.f4A05xw01122@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On Wed, 9 May 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > I'm talking about the minor number. The only thing that effects is
> > that executables would pick up the new version if they have the old
> > one in the path as well, no potential problems.
>
> Okay, but, what does that buy you? One overwrites the old library, the
> other creates one that will over-ride the old library ... either way, you
> are using the new library, no?

What happens when some libpq is in one directory, and another in a
different directory, both in ld.so.conf. Does it pick higher version of
all available versions?

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