[cfe-dev] [Release-testers] LLVM 7.1.0 release - Please test the branch

[Tom Stellard via cfe-dev]

On 02/05/2019 11:26 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 11:23 -0800, Tom Stellard wrote:
>> On 02/05/2019 08:07 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 07:36 -0800, Tom Stellard via Release-testers
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> The release_70 branch is ready for the 7.1.0 release.  I have updated the
>>>> version and pushed a fix for https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39427,
>>>> which is the only bug we will be fixing in this release.
>>>>
>>>> Since this is an ABI breaking changing and also we are introducing a
>>>> minor version for the first time, please take some time to test the
>>>> branch and make sure everything works as expected.  I'm going
>>>> to try to do the 7.1.0-rc1 release some time after 8.0.0-rc2, once the
>>>> activity around the release calms down a little.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The SOVERSION is still '7'.  Maybe we should force it to '7.1' here?
>>>
>>
>> It should already be changed.  This is what I get when I build:
>>
>> [tstellar at llvm llvm-build]$ objdump -p lib/libLLVM-7.1.so | grep SONAME
>>   SONAME               libLLVM-7.1.so
>>
> 
> I'm talking about SOVERSION of shared libs from BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON. 
> The one defined in llvm_add_library() function:
> 
>       set_target_properties(${name}
>         PROPERTIES
>         # Since 4.0.0, the ABI version is indicated by the major version
>         SOVERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX}
>         VERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> 

Ok, I see.  You are correct, we should change the soname on those.  I can
fix this.

-Tom