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why don't we just ship version metadata with dynamic libraries? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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That is, instead of resorting to flatpaks and things of the like, why don't we expose a way for libraries to express version information dynamically and just have those versions available and the dependant application can check if what it needs is available and just use that?

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

I'm not opposed to package managers. If anything I want them to be easier to work with, particularly when it comes to keeping mulriple versions of a peice of software. Just tryna understand what ELF lacks and what can be done about it.

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