84390 - NSS does not create properly versioned libraries

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(NSS :: Build, defect, P2)

Description

[Frank Belew]

the libraries NSS creates are not fully versioned.
ie, you create a libssl3.so which has no indication of the minor or micro
versions. This information is helpful for binary compatibility issues. And for
information on bug reports.

Comment 1

[Sonja Mirtitsch]

Attachment: output of ident and what

Comment 2

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Our shared library naming convention is non-standard but
achieves the same goals.  This is something we should
consider for the next NSS major release or when we need
to change our library names.

Comment 3

[Robert Relyea]

To a point... I don't think we should include the minor version number in the
library name and it defeats our purpose of being able to upgrade between minor
reliease without recompile.

bob

Comment 4

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Changed the QA contact to Bishakha.

Comment 5

[Julien Pierre]

It is a conscious decision only to include the major version number in the library filename. We don't break backwards compatibility, we only add new functions in new  releases. Marking WONTFIX.