Add --disable-major-minor-libraries configure option

This option can be used to increase compatibility with package managers.
The name was choosen to avoid confusion with all the different versions
(glibc release, soname versions, symbol versions).

This patch makes all uses of -$(version).so conditional on the new
$(major-minor-libraries) flag.  The alternative install targets write
the implementation DSOs directly to the locations determined by their
sonames, skipping the creation of an intermediate symbolic link.

install-symbolic-link in Makerules is updated not to require the
$(symbolic-link-list) file because it may not exist in
--disable-major-minor-libraries mode.

I verified that by default, the install tree is the same as before
on x86_64-linux-gnu except for the changes in the manual.

INSTALL

@@ -181,6 +181,16 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization.  For example:
      RELRO and a read-only global offset table (GOT), at the cost of
      slightly increased program load times.
 
+'--disable-major-minor-libraries'
+     Do not install shared objects under file names that contain the
+     major and minor version of the GNU C Library.  By default, such
+     names are used, and the names defined by the ABI are provided as
+     symbolic links only.  This causes problems with certain package
+     managers during library upgrades and (in particular) downgrades, so
+     this option can be used to install these shared objects directly
+     under their ABI-defined names, without an additional indirection
+     via symbolic links.
+
 '--enable-pt_chown'
      The file 'pt_chown' is a helper binary for 'grantpt' (*note
      Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation.) that is installed setuid root to fix

Makefile

@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
 install: install-symbolic-link
 .PHONY: install-symbolic-link
 install-symbolic-link: subdir_install
-	$(symbolic-link-prog) $(symbolic-link-list)
+	if test -e $(symbolic-link-list) ; then \
+	  $(symbolic-link-prog) $(symbolic-link-list); \
+	fi
 	rm -f $(symbolic-link-list)
 
 install:

Makerules

@@ -991,6 +991,14 @@ versioned := $(strip $(foreach so,$(install-lib.so),\
 install-lib.so-versioned := $(filter $(versioned), $(install-lib.so))
 install-lib.so-unversioned := $(filter-out $(versioned), $(install-lib.so))
 
+# $(install-major-minor-libraries) is used within install-lib-nosubdir
+# to trigger installation of the actual implementation file.
+ifeq (yes,$(major-minor-libraries))
+install-major-minor-libraries = $(inst_slibdir)/$(L:.so=)-$(version).so
+else
+install-major-minor-libraries =
+endif
+
 # For libraries whose soname have version numbers, we install three files:
 #	$(inst_libdir)/libfoo.so	-- for linking, symlink or ld script
 #	$(inst_slibdir)/libfoo.so.NN	-- for loading by SONAME, symlink
@@ -998,7 +1006,7 @@ install-lib.so-unversioned := $(filter-out $(versioned), $(install-lib.so))
 install-lib-nosubdir: $(install-lib.so-unversioned:%=$(inst_slibdir)/%) \
 		      $(foreach L,$(install-lib.so-versioned),\
 				$(inst_libdir)/$L \
-				$(inst_slibdir)/$(L:.so=)-$(version).so \
+				$(install-major-minor-libraries) \
 				$(inst_slibdir)/$L$($L-version))
 
 # Install all the unversioned shared libraries.
@@ -1051,6 +1059,7 @@ endef
 endif
 
 ifdef libc.so-version
+ifeq (yes,$(major-minor-libraries))
 # For a library specified to be version N, install three files:
 # libc.so	->	libc.so.N	(e.g. libc.so.6)
 # libc.so.6	->	libc-VERSION.so	(e.g. libc-1.10.so)
@@ -1060,6 +1069,11 @@ $(inst_slibdir)/libc.so$(libc.so-version): $(inst_slibdir)/libc-$(version).so \
 	$(make-shlib-link)
 $(inst_slibdir)/libc-$(version).so: $(common-objpfx)libc.so $(+force)
 	$(do-install-program)
+else # !$(major-minor-libraries)
+$(inst_slibdir)/libc.so$(libc.so-version): $(common-objpfx)libc.so $(+force)
+	$(do-install-program)
+endif # !$(major-minor-libraries)
+
 install: $(inst_slibdir)/libc.so$(libc.so-version)
 
 # This fragment of linker script gives the OUTPUT_FORMAT statement
@@ -1134,6 +1148,7 @@ include $(o-iterator)
 
 generated += $(foreach o,$(versioned),$o$($o-version))
 
+ifeq (yes,$(major-minor-libraries))
 define o-iterator-doit
 $(inst_slibdir)/$o$($o-version): $(inst_slibdir)/$(o:.so=)-$(version).so \
 				 $(+force);
@@ -1148,6 +1163,15 @@ $(inst_slibdir)/$(o:.so=)-$(version).so: $(objpfx)$o $(+force);
 endef
 object-suffixes-left := $(versioned)
 include $(o-iterator)
+
+else # !$(major-minor-libraries)
+define o-iterator-doit
+$(inst_slibdir)/$o$($o-version): $(objpfx)$o $(+force);
+	$$(do-install-program)
+endef
+object-suffixes-left := $(versioned)
+include $(o-iterator)
+endif # !$(major-minor-libraries)
 endif # ifneq (,$(versioned))
 
 define do-install-so

config.make.in

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ have-libcap = @have_libcap@
 have-cc-with-libunwind = @libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind@
 fno-unit-at-a-time = @fno_unit_at_a_time@
 bind-now = @bindnow@
+major-minor-libraries = @major_minor_libraries@
 have-hash-style = @libc_cv_hashstyle@
 use-default-link = @use_default_link@
 output-format = @libc_cv_output_format@

configure

@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ experimental_malloc
 enable_werror
 all_warnings
 force_install
+major_minor_libraries
 bindnow
 hardcoded_path_in_tests
 enable_timezone_tools
@@ -776,6 +777,7 @@ enable_hidden_plt
 enable_bind_now
 enable_stack_protector
 enable_static_nss
+enable_major_minor_libraries
 enable_force_install
 enable_maintainer_mode
 enable_kernel
@@ -1441,6 +1443,10 @@ Optional Features:
                           Use -fstack-protector[-all|-strong] to detect glibc
                           buffer overflows
   --enable-static-nss     build static NSS modules [default=no]
+  --enable-major-minor-libraries
+                          install most shared objects under names based on the
+                          glibc version, with symbolic links to them
+                          [default=yes]
   --disable-force-install don't force installation of files from this package,
                           even if they are older than the installed files
   --enable-maintainer-mode
@@ -3463,6 +3469,15 @@ if test x"$static_nss" = xyes || test x"$shared" = xno; then
 
 fi
 
+# Check whether --enable-major-minor-libraries was given.
+if test "${enable_major_minor_libraries+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_major_minor_libraries; major_minor_libraries=$enableval
+else
+  major_minor_libraries=yes
+fi
+
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-force-install was given.
 if test "${enable_force_install+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_force_install; force_install=$enableval

configure.ac

@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ if test x"$static_nss" = xyes || test x"$shared" = xno; then
   AC_DEFINE(DO_STATIC_NSS)
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([major-minor-libraries],
+	AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-major-minor-libraries],
+	[install most shared objects under names based on the glibc version, with symbolic links to them  @<:@default=yes@:>@]),
+	[major_minor_libraries=$enableval],
+	[major_minor_libraries=yes])
+AC_SUBST(major_minor_libraries)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([force-install],
 	      AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-force-install],
 			     [don't force installation of files from this package, even if they are older than the installed files]),

elf/Makefile

@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ $(objpfx)trusted-dirs.st: Makefile $(..)Makeconfig
 CPPFLAGS-dl-load.c += -I$(objpfx). -I$(csu-objpfx).
 
 ifeq (yes,$(build-shared))
+ifeq (yes,$(major-minor-libraries))
 $(inst_slibdir)/$(rtld-version-installed-name): $(objpfx)ld.so $(+force)
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	$(do-install-program)
@@ -562,11 +563,16 @@ $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name): \
   $(inst_slibdir)/libc-$(version).so
 	$(make-target-directory)
 	$(make-shlib-link)
+else # !$(major-minor-libraries)
+$(inst_slibdir)/$(rtld-installed-name): $(objpfx)ld.so $(+force)
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	$(do-install-program)
+endif # !$(major-minor-libraries)
 
 # Special target called by parent to install just the dynamic linker.
 .PHONY: ldso_install
 ldso_install: $(inst_rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)
-endif
+endif # $(build-shared)
 
 
 ldd-rewrite = -e 's%@RTLD@%$(rtlddir)/$(rtld-installed-name)%g' \

manual/install.texi

@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ provides additional security hardening because it enables full RELRO
 and a read-only global offset table (GOT), at the cost of slightly
 increased program load times.
 
+@item --disable-major-minor-libraries
+Do not install shared objects under file names that contain the major
+and minor version of @theglibc.  By default, such names are used, and
+the names defined by the ABI are provided as symbolic links only.  This
+causes problems with certain package managers during library upgrades
+and (in particular) downgrades, so this option can be used to install
+these shared objects directly under their ABI-defined names, without an
+additional indirection via symbolic links.
+
 @pindex pt_chown
 @findex grantpt
 @item --enable-pt_chown