think I found the answer to my question:
gdsmt.so.0 = client library for CS,
gdsmt.so.1 = client library for SS...
Georg

--- In ib-support@y..., georg_ritter@h... wrote:
> I have recently built Firebird 9.4-34 on Solaris.
> In {Firebird}/lib, it created gdsmt.so.0 (size = 1962612 bytes) as
> well as gdsmt.so.1 (size = 514636 bytes).
> What is the difference?
>
> Also, what is gds.so.0 needed for? All the utilities seem to link
only
> against gdsmt.so (or libgdsmt.so.0, for that matter).