Removed the version handling from the 1.1 branch to make it simpler to update...

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 # Copyright 2008 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
 # met:
 #
 #     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 #       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 #     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
 #       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
 #       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
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     'arch:arm': {
       'CPPDEFINES':   ['ARM']
     },
     'arch:android': {
       'CPPDEFINES':   ['ARM']
     },
     'os:win32': {
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic', '-Wno-long-long']
     },
     'os:linux': {
-      'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic'],
-      'library:shared': {
-        'soname:on': {
-          'LINKFLAGS': ['-Wl,-soname,${SONAME}']
-        }
-      }
+      'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic']
     },
     'os:macos': {
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-pedantic']
     },
     'disassembler:on': {
       'CPPDEFINES':   ['ENABLE_DISASSEMBLER']
     }
   },
   'msvc': {
     'all': {
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   'prof': {
     'values': ['on', 'off', 'oprofile'],
     'default': 'off',
     'help': 'enable profiling of build target'
   },
   'library': {
     'values': ['static', 'shared'],
     'default': 'static',
     'help': 'the type of library to produce'
   },
-  'soname': {
-    'values': ['on', 'off'],
-    'default': 'off',
-    'help': 'turn on setting soname for Linux shared library'
-  },
   'msvcrt': {
     'values': ['static', 'shared'],
     'default': 'static',
     'help': 'the type of MSVCRT library to use'
   },
   'wordsize': {
     'values': ['64', '32'],
     'default': WORDSIZE_GUESS,
     'help': 'the word size'
   },
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   result.Add('mode', 'compilation mode (debug, release)', 'release')
   result.Add('sample', 'build sample (shell, process)', '')
   result.Add('env', 'override environment settings (NAME0:value0,NAME1:value1,...)', '')
   result.Add('importenv', 'import environment settings (NAME0,NAME1,...)', '')
   for (name, option) in SIMPLE_OPTIONS.iteritems():
     help = '%s (%s)' % (name, ", ".join(option['values']))
     result.Add(name, help, option.get('default'))
   return result
 
 
-def GetVersionComponents():
-  MAJOR_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+MAJOR_VERSION\s+(.*)")
-  MINOR_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+MINOR_VERSION\s+(.*)")
-  BUILD_NUMBER_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+BUILD_NUMBER\s+(.*)")
-  PATCH_LEVEL_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+PATCH_LEVEL\s+(.*)")
-
-  patterns = [MAJOR_VERSION_PATTERN,
-              MINOR_VERSION_PATTERN,
-              BUILD_NUMBER_PATTERN,
-              PATCH_LEVEL_PATTERN]
-
-  source = open(join(root_dir, 'src', 'version.cc')).read()
-  version_components = []
-  for pattern in patterns:
-    match = pattern.search(source)
-    if match:
-      version_components.append(match.group(1).strip())
-    else:
-      version_components.append('0')
-
-  return version_components
-
-
-def GetVersion():
-  version_components = GetVersionComponents()
-  
-  if version_components[len(version_components) - 1] == '0':
-    version_components.pop()
-  return '.'.join(version_components)
-
-
-def GetSpecificSONAME():
-  SONAME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"#define\s+SONAME\s+\"(.*)\"")
-  
-  source = open(join(root_dir, 'src', 'version.cc')).read()
-  match = SONAME_PATTERN.search(source)
-  
-  if match:
-    return match.group(1).strip()
-  else:
-    return ''
-
-
 def SplitList(str):
   return [ s for s in str.split(",") if len(s) > 0 ]
 
 
 def IsLegal(env, option, values):
   str = env[option]
   for s in SplitList(str):
     if not s in values:
       Abort("Illegal value for option %s '%s'." % (option, s))
       return False
   return True
 
 
 def VerifyOptions(env):
   if not IsLegal(env, 'mode', ['debug', 'release']):
     return False
   if not IsLegal(env, 'sample', ["shell", "process"]):
     return False
   if env['os'] == 'win32' and env['library'] == 'shared' and env['prof'] == 'on':
     Abort("Profiling on windows only supported for static library.")
   if env['prof'] == 'oprofile' and env['os'] != 'linux':
     Abort("OProfile is only supported on Linux.")
-  if env['os'] == 'win32' and env['soname'] == 'on':
-    Abort("Shared Object soname not applicable for Windows.")
-  if env['soname'] == 'on' and env['library'] == 'static':
-    Abort("Shared Object soname not applicable for static library.")
   for (name, option) in SIMPLE_OPTIONS.iteritems():
     if (not option.get('default')) and (name not in ARGUMENTS):
       message = ("A value for option %s must be specified (%s)." %
           (name, ", ".join(option['values'])))
       Abort(message)
     if not env[name] in option['values']:
       message = ("Unknown %s value '%s'.  Possible values are (%s)." %
           (name, env[name], ", ".join(option['values'])))
       Abort(message)
 
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   context.flags = {
     'v8': v8_flags,
     'mksnapshot': mksnapshot_flags,
     'dtoa': dtoa_flags,
     'cctest': cctest_flags,
     'sample': sample_flags,
     'd8': d8_flags
   }
 
-  # Generate library base name.
   target_id = mode
   suffix = SUFFIXES[target_id]
   library_name = 'v8' + suffix
-  version = GetVersion()
-  if context.options['soname'] == 'on':
-    # When building shared object with SONAME version the library name.
-    library_name += '-' + version
   env['LIBRARY'] = library_name
 
-  # Generate library SONAME if required by the build.
-  if context.options['soname'] == 'on':
-    soname = GetSpecificSONAME()
-    if soname == '':
-      soname = 'lib' + library_name + '.so'
-    env['SONAME'] = soname
-
   # Build the object files by invoking SCons recursively.
   (object_files, shell_files, mksnapshot) = env.SConscript(
     join('src', 'SConscript'),
     build_dir=join('obj', target_id),
     exports='context',
     duplicate=False
   )
 
   context.mksnapshot_targets.append(mksnapshot)
 
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 # version of scons.  Also, there's a bug in some revisions that
 # doesn't allow this flag to be set, so we swallow any exceptions.
 # Lovely.
 try:
   SetOption('warn', 'no-deprecated')
 except:
   pass
 
 
 Build()