General options

The General options category lets you specify various options for the linker.

Figure 1. The default dialog for the General options category.

Field descriptions for the General options category

Generate map file: When set, the IDE prints a link map to the build console.
Stack size: Define the size of the stack as the number of bytes (in decimal) you want for the stack.
Export symbol options: Define the level of final stripping for your binary, ranging from exporting all symbols, to only removing the debugger symbols, to removing all of them.
Build goal name: Specify the output filename for an application or library project. The name you specify in this field forces the library's shared-object name to match.
By default, a generated application has the same name as the project it's built from. A library has prefix of lib and a suffix of .a or .so after the project name. In addition, debug variants of applications and libraries have a suffix of _g.
Other options: Specify any other command-line options that aren't already covered on the Linker tab. For more information about the linker's options, see the entry for ld in the Utilities Reference.
Linker options: Shows the general linker options that you specified.

Note:

When a shared library is created, its name is documented in a special dynamic section, and when you link against this library, your application will look for that name.

When you perform a make install, the .so is copied to .so.1, and a .so symbolic link is created to point to it. You'll also notice that .so will get the right version. If you install a .so.2 (where the .so points to it), your old version 1 clients can still run.