[Lazarus] Shared library names

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Marco van de Voort wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 10:02:52AM +0000, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> When building a shared library (.dll or .so), is it possible to append a 
>> timestamp? i.e. something like  backend_$(IsoDate)_$(IsoTime).so  for a 
>> result like  backend_2012-06-05_09:59:30.so
> 
> I did a few quick tests with $libsuffix, but can't seem to use constants or
> other dates:
> 
> library libtest;
> 
> const mydate = '{$i %date%}';
> const mydate2 = {$i %date%};
> 
> {$libsuffix mydate}
> {$libsuffix mydate2}
> {$libsuffix {$i %date%}}
> begin
> end.
> 
> Since afaik some preprocessor directive now expand constants (since Delphi
> does), it might be worth a bugreport.

OK, but before I do that I wonder if somebody could clarify where 
Lazarus should leave a .so when it is successfully built. What appears 
to be happening at the moment (1.1 r37496) is that it leaves it in what 
the project options refer to as the "Unit output directory" and while it 
obeys "Apply conventions" it ignores the "Target file name" setting.

I'm currently using an "Execute after" command to move it to its final 
location and append a timestamp, the timestamp is ISO-format so that it 
sorts properly which gives the same behavious as ldconfig (i.e. when 
there's a choice the most recent library is the one used).

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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