Release version 1.7.6

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1.7.6
+=====
+Fixes:
+------
+* Add `SONAME` to the ELF files built by the Makefile (see #252), thanks @YanhaoMo for reporting
+* Add include guards and `extern "C"` to `cJSON_Utils.h` (see #256), thanks @daschfg for reporting
+
+Other changes:
+--------------
+* Mark the Makefile as deprecated in the README.
+
 1.7.5
 =====
 Fixes:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 6)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")

Makefile

@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.5
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.6
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
+CJSON_SO_LDFLAG=-Wl,-soname=$(CJSON_LIBNAME).so.$(CJSON_SOVERSION)
+UTILS_SO_LDFLAG=-Wl,-soname=$(UTILS_LIBNAME).so.$(UTILS_SOVERSION)
+
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 INCLUDE_PATH ?= include/cjson
 LIBRARY_PATH ?= lib
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ STATIC = a
 ## create dynamic (shared) library on Darwin (base OS for MacOSX and IOS)
 ifeq (Darwin, $(uname))
 	SHARED = dylib
+	CJSON_SO_LDFLAG = ""
+    UTILS_SO_LDFLAG = ""
 endif
 
 #cJSON library names
@@ -90,10 +95,10 @@ $(UTILS_STATIC): $(UTILS_OBJ)
 #shared libraries .so.1.0.0
 #cJSON
 $(CJSON_SHARED_VERSION): $(CJSON_OBJ)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $< $(CJSON_SO_LDFLAG) $(LDFLAGS)
 #cJSON_Utils
 $(UTILS_SHARED_VERSION): $(UTILS_OBJ)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $< $(UTILS_SO_LDFLAG) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 #objects
 #cJSON

README.md

@@ -127,9 +127,11 @@ make DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
 On Windows CMake is usually used to create a Visual Studio solution file by running it inside the Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio, for exact steps follow the official documentation from CMake and Microsoft and use the online search engine of your choice. The descriptions of the the options above still generally apply, although not all of them work on Windows.
 
 #### Makefile
+**NOTE:** This Method is deprecated. Use CMake if at all possible. Makefile support is limited to fixing bugs.
+
 If you don't have CMake available, but still have GNU make. You can use the makefile to build cJSON:
 
-Run this command in the directory with the source code and it will automatically compile static and shared libraries and a little test program.
+Run this command in the directory with the source code and it will automatically compile static and shared libraries and a little test program (not the full test suite).
 
 ```
 make all

cJSON.c

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 5)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 6)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 

cJSON.h

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 5
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 6
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 

cJSON_Utils.h

@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
   THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
+#ifndef cJSON_Utils__h
+#define cJSON_Utils__h
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
 #include "cJSON.h"
 
 /* Implement RFC6901 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901) JSON Pointer spec. */
@@ -72,3 +80,9 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(const cJSON * const obje
 /* Sorts the members of the object into alphabetical order. */
 CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObject(cJSON * const object);
 CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSONUtils_SortObjectCaseSensitive(cJSON * const object);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif