LIBTOOL-NEXT-VERSION(1)

📦 version 2.6.2, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 LIBTOOL-NEXT-VERSION(1)

okay so bestie, welcome to the User Commands corner of the libtool universe 💖 this is libtool-next-version, and it's genuinely one of those little tools that just does its one job and slays. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

libtool-next-version — figures out the next version you should use for a libtool library 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

libtool-next-version [OPTION]... PREVIOUS-LIBRARY CURRENT-LIBRARY

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: this thing determines the next version to use for a libtool library. that's literally it, and honestly? iconic.

PREVIOUS-LIBRARY is the installed library — in .a or .so format — from the previous release. like, the one that already shipped. the one your users already have on their machines 👑

CURRENT-LIBRARY is the installed library — again, .a or .so format — from the current release candidate. the glow-up version, the one you're about to bless the world with ✨

you hand it both, it tells you the next version. main character energy, honestly.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --help — prints the help text and dips out. your classic "wait what does this do again" button 🫶
  • --version — prints version information and exits. short, sweet, to the point 💖
🐛 got patches? got bugs? send them over to <bug-libtool@gnu.org> — the maintainers genuinely want to hear from you, fr fr 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Bruno Haible. we stan. 💜

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

this is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. that's the whole point, bestie 🌸

💀 and just so we're clear: there is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. like, none. zero. don't come for them if it goes sideways.

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the full documentation for libtool-next-version is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and libtool-next-version programs are properly installed at your site, then this command:

info libtool-next-version

should give you access to the complete manual 🙌 iykyk, go read it, it's giving comprehensive.

okay that's the whole page, bestie — mwah 💋 this one's from GNU libtool 2.6.2, dated July 2026, and it ate, no notes 🎀✨

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