Re: Perhaps we can (and should) just detect dangerous linkages...

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

    Rob> some-app-2 was linked against libuses-base-foo2 which was linked
    Rob> against libbase2 and libuses-base-bar which was linked against
    Rob> libbase1.  So when some-app-2 calls libuses_base_foo_init and that in
    Rob> turn calls libbase_require_version(LIBBASE_MAJOR_VERSION), the check
    Rob> fails because at runtime foo is calling the libbase_require_version
    Rob> from libbase1, but passing it the compile-time embedded value for
    Rob> LIBBASE_MAJOR_VERSION from the libbase2 it was compiled against.

When an app like this is run, does the system load and use both
libbase1 and libbase2, or does it load both but only use one, or what?

        Neil