QMAKE - VERSION adds number to build library file

[ck_ee]

I use VERSION to set the version number in application and libraries. When i build applications everything works fine. When building .dll files the first version number is added after the filename:

VERSION = 2.10.30.50
TEMPLATE = lib
TARGET = mylib

compiles to "mylib2.dll"

any ideas how to change that?

[Ni.Sumi]

@ck_ee

You can make your own dll name function and give it to the QtPlugin.
like:
QString MyPlugin :: pluginName() const {
return "PlaugnNameWhateveryoulike";
}

[ck_ee]

this looks like too much work for a simple problem like that .. why am i forced to a certain naming policy!?

[kshegunov]

@ck_ee
Hi,
For various reasons that's how windows' libraries ordinarily handle versioning (if you look the Qt 5 dlls, you'll see the same thing).
On Linux it works as expected, I get:

• libraryname.so.2.10.30

with tree additional symbolic links that point to the aforementioned shared object:

• libraryname.so.2.10
• libraryname.so.2
• libraryname.so

If you want to manipulate the name of the target, use the TARGET variable.

Kind regards.

[Elgerton]

Use
CONFIG += skip_target_version_ext