[Bug 1459863] [NEW] wrong version number for shared library

[Nicolas]

Public bug reported:

The generated shared library is tagged `libcfitsio.so.3.370`. The
correct API version for CFITSIO 3 is `libcfitsio.so.2`.

Quoting from the `fitsio.h` file:

    #define CFITSIO_VERSION 3.37
    #define CFITSIO_MINOR 37
    #define CFITSIO_MAJOR 3
    #define CFITSIO_SONAME 2

    /* the SONAME is incremented in a new release if the binary shared */
    /* library (on linux and Mac systems) is not backward compatible */
    /* with the previous release of CFITSIO */

** Affects: cfitsio3 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- wrong version number in shared library
+ wrong version number for shared library

** Description changed:

- The generated shared library is tagged `libcfitsio.so.3.340`. The
+ The generated shared library is tagged `libcfitsio.so.3.370`. The
  correct API version for CFITSIO 3 is `libcfitsio.so.2`.
  
  Quoting from the `fitsio.h` file:
  
-     #define CFITSIO_VERSION 3.37
-     #define CFITSIO_MINOR 37
-     #define CFITSIO_MAJOR 3
-     #define CFITSIO_SONAME 2
-     
-     /* the SONAME is incremented in a new release if the binary shared */
-     /* library (on linux and Mac systems) is not backward compatible */
-     /* with the previous release of CFITSIO */
+     #define CFITSIO_VERSION 3.37
+     #define CFITSIO_MINOR 37
+     #define CFITSIO_MAJOR 3
+     #define CFITSIO_SONAME 2
+ 
+     /* the SONAME is incremented in a new release if the binary shared */
+     /* library (on linux and Mac systems) is not backward compatible */
+     /* with the previous release of CFITSIO */

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