Re: starting out

Phil Howard <phil-pgsql-general(at)ipal(dot)net> writes:
> Well, this isn't exactly what I wanted, but it gets me rolling and
> confirms I pinpointed the problem in OpenSSL. I really want it to
> reference the major version number. But that is version 0, not 2
> as Redhat seems to have.

[looks at rpm specfile...] No, the reason Red Hat is using 2 is that
the openssl boys have repeatedly broken binary compatibility without
incrementing their major version number as they ought. At the moment
I find in the Rawhide version

# For the curious:
# 0.9.5a soversion = 0
# 0.9.6 soversion = 1
# 0.9.6a soversion = 2
# 0.9.6c soversion = 3
# 0.9.7 soversion = 4
%define soversion 4

If you are concerned about making the .so version number actually
useful, I recommend you follow Red Hat's lead.

regards, tom lane