Description: Set DT_SONAME when building dylibs In Rust, library filenames include a version-specific hash to help the run-time linker find the correct version. Unlike in C/C++, the compiler looks for all libraries matching a glob that ignores the hash and reads embedded metadata to work out versions, etc. . The upshot is that there is no need for the usual "libfoo.so -> libfoo-1.2.3.so" symlink common with C/C++ when building with Rust, and no need to communicate an alternate filename to use at run-time vs compile time. If linking to a Rust dylib from C/C++ however, a "libfoo.so -> libfoo-$hash.so" symlink may well be useful and in this case DT_SONAME=libfoo-$hash.so would be required. More mundanely, various tools (eg: dpkg-shlibdeps) complain if they don't find DT_SONAME on shared libraries in public directories. . This patch passes -Wl,-soname=$outfile when building dylibs (and using a GNU linker). Author: Angus Lees Forwarded: no --- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs +++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/link.rs @@ -1034,6 +1034,13 @@ cmd.args(&rpath::get_rpath_flags(&mut rpath_config)); } + if (crate_type == config::CrateType::Dylib || crate_type == config::CrateType::Cdylib) + && t.options.linker_is_gnu { + let filename = String::from(out_filename.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap()); + let soname = [String::from("-Wl,-soname=") + &filename]; + cmd.args(&soname); + } + // Finally add all the linker arguments provided on the command line along // with any #[link_args] attributes found inside the crate if let Some(ref args) = sess.opts.cg.link_args {