Add soversion to the lib

Author: Raghuveer Devulapalli

lib/meson.build

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ if cpp.has_argument('-march=haswell')
       'x86simdsort-avx2.cpp',
       ),
     include_directories : [src],
-    cpp_args : ['-march=haswell', flags_hide_symbols],
+    cpp_args : ['-march=haswell'],
+    gnu_symbol_visibility : 'inlineshidden',
     )
 endif
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ if cpp.has_argument('-march=skylake-avx512')
       'x86simdsort-skx.cpp',
       ),
     include_directories : [src],
-    cpp_args : ['-march=skylake-avx512', flags_hide_symbols],
+    cpp_args : ['-march=skylake-avx512'],
+    gnu_symbol_visibility : 'inlineshidden',
     )
 endif
 
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ if cpp.has_argument('-march=icelake-client')
       'x86simdsort-icl.cpp',
       ),
     include_directories : [src],
-    cpp_args : ['-march=icelake-client', flags_hide_symbols],
+    cpp_args : ['-march=icelake-client'],
+    gnu_symbol_visibility : 'inlineshidden',
     )
 endif
 
@@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ if cancompilefp16
       'x86simdsort-spr.cpp',
       ),
     include_directories : [src],
-    cpp_args : ['-march=sapphirerapids', flags_hide_symbols],
+    cpp_args : ['-march=sapphirerapids'],
+    gnu_symbol_visibility : 'inlineshidden',
     )
 endif
 

meson.build

@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ int main() {
 }
 '''
 cancompilefp16 = cpp.compiles(fp16code, args:'-march=sapphirerapids')
-flags_hide_symbols = ['-fvisibility=hidden', '-fvisibility-inlines-hidden']
 
 subdir('lib')
 libsimdsort = shared_library('x86simdsort',
                              'lib/x86simdsort.cpp',
                              include_directories : [utils, lib],
                              link_with : [libtargets],
-                             cpp_args : [flags_hide_symbols],
+                             gnu_symbol_visibility : 'inlineshidden',
                              install : true,
+                             soversion : 0,
                             )
 
 pkg_mod = import('pkgconfig')