Dissecting shared libraries

Posted by bob on May 8, 2019 8:10 AM EDT
IBM Developer : Linux; By Peter Seebach
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Shared libraries use version numbers to allow for upgrades to the libraries used by applications while preserving compatibility for older applications. This article reviews what's really going on under the book jacket and why there are so many symbolic links in /usr/lib on a normal Linux system.

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