[PATCH] D129160: libclang.so: Make SONAME the same as LLVM version

[Aaron Puchert via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

aaronpuchert added a comment.

In D129160#3721943 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D129160#3721943>, @isuruf wrote:

> Sure. If an application links to `libclang.so` when the application is being built, the application will hardcode `libclang.so.13` in it and will look for it.
> When the SONAME changes to `libclang.so.15` in LLVM 15, the application will not be able to use the libclang from LLVM 15 unless the
> application was rebuilt with `libclang.so` in LLVM 15.

That's the problem **after** this change, but what was the problem before the change? The commit message (where my quote is from) suggests this wouldn't have worked even if we stayed at `libclang.so.13` in LLVM 15.


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