Re: [Devel] version

[Stefan Seefeld]

David Turner wrote:
> Hi Stefan,
>
> Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>
> > hi there,
> >
> > I just upgrated to the latest version of freetype - 2.1.3,
> > or should I say, libfreetype.so.6.3.2, or wait, 9.2.3,
> > according to freetype-config. :-)
> >
> > What do these numbers mean ? Specifically, why doesn't
> > freetype-config report the same version numbers that are
> > appended to libfreetype.so ?
> I don't remember precisely the history behind the numbers.
> All I know for sure is that these come from the use of libtool
> to generate the shared objects.
>
> Maybe Werner, or some other Unix head here could answer this ?
>
> I agree that this is *really* annoying

ok, if the numbers reported by freetype-config --version
are generated by libtool, the numbers appended to libfreetype.so
clearly aren't. I wouldn't care all that much but I use freetype-config
to detect the installed version and in my own (Fresco's, formerly
Berlin's) buildsystem I'd like to specify what minimum version we
currently rely on.
That's why I want to know whether this '9.2.3' is actually correct.

Thanks,
                Stefan