Stop shipping triplicate Linux shared libraries in native gems - #13
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Linux SONAME layout is one real .so plus short-name symlinks (libfoo.so / libfoo.so.0 → libfoo.so.X.Y.Z). package:linux used to materialize those symlinks as full file copies because gems don't preserve symlinks, tripling harfbuzz/plutobook payload (~14MB waste). Keep a single real binary per library, record the short names in so_aliases, and recreate relative symlinks in extconf at gem install so -lplutobook and runtime DT_NEEDED still resolve.
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Linux SONAME layout is one real .so plus short-name symlinks (libfoo.so / libfoo.so.0 → libfoo.so.X.Y.Z). package:linux used to materialize those symlinks as full file copies because gems don't preserve symlinks, tripling harfbuzz/plutobook payload (~14MB waste).
Keep a single real binary per library, record the short names in so_aliases, and recreate relative symlinks in extconf at gem install so -lplutobook and runtime DT_NEEDED still resolve.