[cmake-developers] New no-soname-option topic for e.g. Android

[Ben Boeckel]

On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:39:22 +0200, Nils Gladitz wrote:
> As discussed here http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2014-May/057657.html
> I proposed a minor modification in CMake that would allow shared library 
> targets to always be linked by -l/-L options rather than full pathname 
> on platforms which do not support SONAMEs.
> 
> I remember there being discussions on adding support for Android as a 
> platform.
> If anyone is still working on it this topic might already be superfluous 
> so I haven't merged it yet.

I have some Android work at home and I remember setting up Android to
*have* a SONAME so that things worked properly (there were weird errors
otherwise). I'll have to look into where things broke without it, but I
won't get a chance until Tuesday.

--Ben