From 28af8fc2975dd3ea2e202da283a1b52c685cd62e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:11:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Start doing symbol versioning.

As we prepare for 1.0, we want to make sure we have a proper soname.
See the comment for slightly more details.
---
 Makefile.in | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index e401340..7181a1d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 GTEST_DIR ?= /usr/src/gtest
 
+# This will be upgraded for each release, although not necessarily for every git commit.
+# See http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html
+# for the rules as of how this is changed. This does not really mean that Movit will
+# strive towards having a rock-stable ABI, but at least the soversion will increase
+# whenever it breaks, so that you will not have silent failures, and distribution package
+# management can run its course.
+movit_ltversion = 1:0:0
+
 prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
 includedir = @includedir@
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ demo: libmovit.la $(DEMO_OBJS)
 
 # The library itself.
 libmovit.la: $(LIB_OBJS:.o=.lo)
-	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -rpath $(libdir) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -rpath $(libdir) -version-info $(movit_ltversion) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
 
 %.lo: %.cpp
 	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CXX) -MMD -MP $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
-- 
2.39.2