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+SOVERSION
+---------
+
+What version number is this target.
+
+For shared libraries :prop_tgt:`VERSION` and ``SOVERSION`` can be used to
+specify the build version and API version respectively. When building or
+installing appropriate symlinks are created if the platform supports
+symlinks and the linker supports so-names. If only one of both is
+specified the missing is assumed to have the same version number.
+``SOVERSION`` is ignored if :prop_tgt:`NO_SONAME` property is set.
+
+Windows Versions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For shared libraries and executables on Windows the :prop_tgt:`VERSION`
+attribute is parsed to extract a ``<major>.<minor>`` version number.
+These numbers are used as the image version of the binary.
+
+Mach-O Versions
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+For shared libraries and executables on Mach-O systems (e.g. macOS, iOS),
+the ``SOVERSION`` property is a fallback to
+:prop_tgt:`MACHO_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION` property which corresponds to
+*compatiblity version* and :prop_tgt:`VERSION` is a fallback to
+:prop_tgt:`MACHO_CURRENT_VERSION` which corresponds to *current version*.
+See the :prop_tgt:`FRAMEWORK` target property for an example. Versions
+of Mach-O binaries may be checked with the ``otool -L <binary>`` command.