Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/2] Improve some details in time service documentation.

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <address@hidden>:
> How about including the REVISION string in the libraries, either directly as 
> a string or a procedure that returns a string.  Then clients can check to 
> make sure they are getting the right library.
> 
> That would be gross overkill if everything was working cleanly, but it will 
> pay for itself if it catches any mismatches.

That's what shared library version and revision numbers are for.  I don't
thing trying to maintain a parallel system of revision mumbers would be
anything but trouble.

I'll be replying to your other points in a roundup post on the RPATH
problem. 
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>