Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> writes:
> Hi Simon,
>
>> I kind of prefer the lib-* prefix because I think this is only ever
>> relevant for libraries. That makes the name longer though. Do we need
>> the -symbol- infix?
>
> Without the -symbol- infix, 'lib-versions' makes me think about the
> library versions (a.k.a. library soname) and libtool's versioning
> scheme; this is about the library as a whole.
>
> We have module names longer than that already:
> posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose
> relocatable-prog-wrapper
> useless-if-before-free
> lib-symbol-visibility
>
>> What about:
>>
>> ld-version-script -> lib-versions
>> visibility -> lib-visibility
>> ld-output-def -> lib-msvc-compat
>
> I still prefer it with '-symbol-' infix for the first two.
Ok, I have pushed the patch below.
/Simon
>From 13e7b3562bf8212bec68e4945aca58185aa35ed5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 07:04:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Rename ld-version-script to lib-symbol-versions.
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
MODULES.html.sh | 1 +
NEWS | 2 ++
doc/ld-version-script.texi | 6 +++---
modules/ld-version-script | 14 --------------
modules/lib-symbol-versions | 14 ++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 modules/ld-version-script
create mode 100644 modules/lib-symbol-versions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3bf424d..bcf192b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-04-01 Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org>
+
+ Rename ld-version-script to lib-symbol-versions. Suggested by
+ Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>.
+ * modules/ld-version-script: Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
+ * doc/ld-version-script.texi: Fix module name.
+ * MODULES.html.sh: Add lib-symbol-versions.
+
2009-03-31 Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org>
* modules/u64-tests: New file.
diff --git a/MODULES.html.sh b/MODULES.html.sh
index ecfda72..4175895 100755
--- a/MODULES.html.sh
+++ b/MODULES.html.sh
@@ -3132,6 +3132,7 @@ func_all_modules ()
func_module include_next
func_module ldd
func_module lib-ignore
+ func_module lib-symbol-versions
func_module link-warning
func_module no-c++
func_module relocatable-lib
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b975d02..73e0c7e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ User visible incompatible changes
Date Modules Changes
+2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
+
2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
diff --git a/doc/ld-version-script.texi b/doc/ld-version-script.texi
index fd57a08..e1feff5 100644
--- a/doc/ld-version-script.texi
+++ b/doc/ld-version-script.texi
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
i...@node LD Version Scripts
@section LD Version Scripts
-The @code{ld-version-script} module can be used to add shared library
-versioning support. Currently, only GNU LD and the Solaris linker
-supports this.
+The @code{lib-symbol-versions} module can be used to add shared
+library versioning support. Currently, only GNU LD and the Solaris
+linker supports this.
Version scripts provides information that can be used by GNU/Linux
distribution packaging tools. For example, Debian has a tool
diff --git a/modules/ld-version-script b/modules/ld-version-script
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b0d990..0000000
--- a/modules/ld-version-script
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-Description:
-Macros to test whether LD support --linker-script.
-
-Files:
-m4/ld-version-script.m4
-
-configure.ac:
-gl_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
-
-License:
-unlimited
-
-Maintainer:
-Simon Josefsson
diff --git a/modules/lib-symbol-versions b/modules/lib-symbol-versions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b0d990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/lib-symbol-versions
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Description:
+Macros to test whether LD support --linker-script.
+
+Files:
+m4/ld-version-script.m4
+
+configure.ac:
+gl_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
+
+License:
+unlimited
+
+Maintainer:
+Simon Josefsson
--
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