From 759051fdbf8b3370705e05dac2e2d7525d882e4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 19:42:57 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- ev.3 | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'ev.3') diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3 index 963bdfd..1fdfe55 100644 --- a/ev.3 +++ b/ev.3 @@ -261,14 +261,17 @@ you actually want to know. .IP "int ev_version_minor ()" 4 .IX Item "int ev_version_minor ()" .PD -You can find out the major and minor version numbers of the library +You can find out the major and minor \s-1API/ABI\s0 version numbers of the library you linked against by calling the functions \f(CW\*(C`ev_version_major\*(C'\fR and \&\f(CW\*(C`ev_version_minor\*(C'\fR. If you want, you can compare against the global symbols \f(CW\*(C`EV_VERSION_MAJOR\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`EV_VERSION_MINOR\*(C'\fR, which specify the version of the library your program was compiled against. .Sp +These version numbers refer to the \s-1API\s0 and \s-1ABI\s0 version of the library, not +the release version. +.Sp Usually, it's a good idea to terminate if the major versions mismatch, -as this indicates an incompatible change. Minor versions are usually +as this indicates an incompatible change. Minor versions are usually compatible to older versions, so a larger minor version alone is usually not a problem. .Sp -- cgit v1.2.3