[Bug 973] New: libpcp solib extensions cause development/testing complications

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Bug ID	973
Summary	libpcp solib extensions cause development/testing complications
Product	pcp
Version	unspecified
Hardware	All
OS	Linux
Status	NEW
Severity	major
Priority	P5
Component	pcp
Assignee	mort@sgi.com
Reporter	fche@redhat.com
CC	pcp@oss.sgi.com
Classification	Unclassified

libpcp.so has been gaining some extra functions lately, but retaining the same
libpcp.so.3 SONAME.  This makes binaries that use those new functions work only
with newly-built libpcp.so.3's, but not with a possible distro-installed
libpcp.so.3.  That can give errors such as ...

% .../build/pmwebd
undefined symbol: __pmGetUsername"

Some possible fixes:

- force/document users to set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to $prefix/lib
- add LDFLAGS=-R$libdir (or -rpath $libdir) throughout to get the binaries
  to refer to newly built libs rather than possible system ones
- use new SONAMEs when the library is extended, to make more obvious the cause,
  but arrange to link older SONAMEs to the same library for backward
compatibility

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