* ltmain.in: New flag -version-number to be used for maintaining

compatability with a previously non-Libtool versioning scheme.
* doc/libtool.texi: Document it.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-03-31  Keith Packard  <keithp@keithp.com>
+
+	* ltmain.in: New flag -version-number to be used for maintaining
+	compatability with a previously non-Libtool versioning scheme.
+	* doc/libtool.texi: Document it.
+
 2003-03-31  Naofumi Yasufuku  <naofumi@yasufuku.net>
 
 	* ltmain.in (win32_libid): Fixed sed expression error in

doc/libtool.texi

@@ -1307,6 +1307,14 @@ information @var{current}, @var{revision}, and @var{age} to build it
 (@pxref{Versioning}).  Do @strong{not} use this flag to specify package
 release information, rather see the @samp{-release} flag.
 
+@item -version-number @var{major}[:@var{minor}[:@var{revision}]]
+If @var{output-file} is a libtool library, compute interface version
+information so that the resulting library uses the specified major, minor and
+revision numbers.  This is designed to permit libtool to be used with
+existing projects where identical version numbers are already used across
+operating systems.  New projects should use the @samp{-version-info} flag
+instead.
+
 @item -Wl,@var{flag}
 @itemx -Xlinker @var{flag}
 Pass a linker specific flag directly to the linker.

ltmain.in

@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ EOF
     temp_rpath=
     thread_safe=no
     vinfo=
+    vinfo_number=no
 
     # We need to know -static, to get the right output filenames.
     for arg
@@ -1400,6 +1401,11 @@ EOF
 	prev=vinfo
 	continue
 	;;
+      -version-number)
+	prev=vinfo
+	vinfo_number=yes
+	continue
+	;;
 
       -Wc,*)
 	args=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst" -e 's/^-Wc,//'`
@@ -2715,7 +2721,7 @@ EOF
       fi
 
       if test -n "$vinfo"; then
-	$echo "$modename: warning: \`-version-info' is ignored for archives" 1>&2
+	$echo "$modename: warning: \`-version-info/-version-number' is ignored for archives" 1>&2
       fi
 
       if test -n "$release"; then
@@ -2792,7 +2798,7 @@ EOF
 	fi
 
 	if test -n "$vinfo"; then
-	  $echo "$modename: warning: \`-version-info' is ignored for convenience libraries" 1>&2
+	  $echo "$modename: warning: \`-version-info/-version-number' is ignored for convenience libraries" 1>&2
 	fi
 
 	if test -n "$release"; then
@@ -2811,9 +2817,46 @@ EOF
 	  exit 1
 	fi
 
+	# convert absolute version numbers to libtool ages
+	# this retains compatibility with .la files and attempts
+	# to make the code below a bit more comprehensible
+	
+	case $vinfo_number in
+	yes)
+	  number_major="$2"
+	  number_minor="$3"
+	  number_revision="$4"
+	  #
+	  # There are really only two kinds -- those that
+	  # use the current revision as the major version
+	  # and those that subtract age and use age as
+	  # a minor version.  But, then there is irix
+	  # which has an extra 1 added just for fun
+	  #
+	  case $version_type in
+	  darwin|linux|osf|windows)
+	    current=`expr $number_major + $number_minor`
+	    age="$number_minor"
+	    revision="$number_revision"
+	    ;;
+	  freebsd-aout|freebsd-elf|sunos)
+	    current="$number_major"
+	    revision="$number_minor"
+	    age="0"
+	    ;;
+	  irix|nonstopux)
+	    current=`expr $number_major + $number_minor - 1`
+	    age="$number_minor"
+	    revision="$number_minor"
+	    ;;
+	  esac
+	  ;;
+	no)
 	  current="$2"
 	  revision="$3"
 	  age="$4"
+	  ;;
+	esac
 
 	# Check that each of the things are valid numbers.
 	case $current in