[Help-smalltalk] [feature] enhance library loader to make it possible to load by SONAME

[Thomas Girard]

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http://smalltalk.gnu.org/node/136
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Project:      GNU Smalltalk
Version:      <none>
Component:    VM
Category:     feature requests
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Unassigned
Reported by:  tgg
Updated by:   tgg
Status:       active
Attachment:   http://smalltalk.gnu.org/files/issues/12_load_by_soname.patch 
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Hello,


in gst 2.95f some .star package.xml (say NCurses) list the library they
will load at runtime, using <library>libncurses</library>.



The function associated will try to find libncurses.la then
libncurses.so but those do not exist. (The libncurses.so would be
available if the user had libncurses-dev package installed).


The attached patch makes it possible to load using the SONAME of the
library, e.g. using:



<library>libncurses.so.5</library>

in package.xml