Detecting fake library versions

[Warren Block]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Warren Block wrote:

> "ln -s libintl.so.9 libintl.so.8" has been misused a lot lately.
>
> Are there any programs that will detect these links and remind the user that 
> they have a new library masquerading as an old one?

A quick hack in Ruby to address this:

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/fakelib/fakelib.rb

It's not particularly fast or elegant.  On the other hand, it's short 
and does detect the link above.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA