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curl vs libcurl version

cURL project has different versions for curl and libcurl. As an example, if you download 8.2.1, the build will produce libcurl.so.4.8.0

Is there any mapping where I can match a libcurl.so with the corresponding curl version?

I have read the Release Table https://curl.se/docs/releases.html

Solution

  • SO library version is defined in /lib/CMakeLists.txt:82-83

      math(EXPR CMAKESONAME "${VERSIONCHANGE} - ${VERSIONDEL}")      # 4
  set(CMAKEVERSION "${CMAKESONAME}.${VERSIONDEL}.${VERSIONADD}") # 4.8.0

    It's assigned to the target shared library in /lib/CMakeLists.txt:210-211

        set_target_properties(${LIB_SHARED} PROPERTIES
      VERSION ${CMAKEVERSION} SOVERSION ${CMAKESONAME})

    The used values are defined in /lib/Makefile.soname:25-27

    VERSIONCHANGE=12
VERSIONADD=0
VERSIONDEL=8

    4.8.0 is the ABI version, not the curl version. Any application that requires libcurl 4.8.0 or newer will work with libcurl.so.4.8.0 of curl 8.2.1. You should not change 4.8.0 to 8.2.1.