[feature] enhance library loader to make it possible to load by SONAME

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Hello,


in gst 2.95f some .star package.xml (say NCurses) list the library they
will load at runtime, using <library>libncurses</library>.



The function associated will try to find libncurses.la then
libncurses.so but those do not exist. (The libncurses.so would be
available if the user had libncurses-dev package installed).


The attached patch makes it possible to load using the SONAME of the
library, e.g. using:



<library>libncurses.so.5</library>

in package.xml




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 Reported by:  tgg
 Updated by:   bonzinip
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On the libtool mailing list people suggested that the installation
script for your program create a symlink from the module directory to
the libncurses that the program should open.

I will do the change as soon as possible, as soon as I figure out a way
to do it portably; in the meanwhile, however, this should be worked
around in the Debian package, since lack of libncurses.so is a Debian
peculiarity.

Thanks!




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