Usually because the .so (or .sl) filename is a link that points to the newest version of the library.
For example libc.so is frequently a symbolic link.
eg
Code:lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 13 2006 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.5.so
Usually because the .so (or .sl) filename is a link that points to the newest version of the library.
For example libc.so is frequently a symbolic link.
eg
Code:lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jan 13 2006 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.3.5.so