X-Git-Url: https://git.llucax.com/software/libev.git/blobdiff_plain/9df49634f11f561ad9b5669124a4f2bd7179a559..7c3494003f656e9809ed0729b2d408f68b4b610d:/ev.3?ds=inline diff --git a/ev.3 b/ev.3 index 963bdfd..4f3bfef 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-1ABI\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-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