[zeromq-dev] ZeroMQ 4.1.2 builds a libzmq.so.5.0.0

[Pieter Hintjens]

The ABI number is not the software version number. This is a common
misconception. The correct library number is indeed 5.0.0.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Leonard Michelet
<leonard.michelet at openwide.fr> wrote:
> Hello, I just downloaded ZeroMQ 4.1.2 tarball from http://zeromq.org/intro:get-the-software
> and when I build it, it give me a libzmq.so.5.0.0 while I was expected a libzmq.so.4.1.2
> Is it normal?
> I found the following code in configure.ac file :
>
> # Changes:
> #
> # ZeroMQ versions prior to 2.1.0 use 0:0:0 (undefined)
> # ZeroMQ versions 2.1.x: 1:0:0 (ABI version 1)
> # ZeroMQ version 3.0: 2:0:0 (ABI version 2)
> # ZeroMQ version 3.1: 3:0:0 (ABI version 3)
> # ZeroMQ version 4.0: 4:0:0 (ABI version 4)
> # ZeroMQ version 4.1: 5:0:0 (ABI version 5)
> #
> # libzmq -version-info current:revision:age
> LTVER="5:0:0"
>
>
> And I'm guessing this is where the number come from.
>
> Can anyone confirm it's the expected version number or I'm doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Léonard Michelet.
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