https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51541
--- Comment #9 from Sveinar Søpler cybermax@dexter.no --- (In reply to Liam Middlebrook from comment #8)
Well, i suppose the idea is that wine configure checks for whatever library needed, and set up the soname from that. Depending on the correctness of the configure script, the build-system's SONAME will be detected and put in the include/config.h file (in the build folder).
Example: The config.h file will have #define SONAME_LIBGNUTLS "libgnutls.so.30"
The source dlls/crypt32/unixlib.c will have a #ifdef SONAME_LIBGNUTLS that basically remove libgnutls related functions including the line that loads the lib:
if (!(libgnutls_handle = dlopen( SONAME_LIBGNUTLS, RTLD_NOW )))
in the case that the SONAME is NOT defined at buildtime.
I would assume that in the case of multiple SONAME's of the same lib, whatever highest version will be used.
Sorry if i completely misunderstood what you mean tho Liam :)