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by pjc50 1714 days ago
Roughly the same thing happens on Windows and is called "DLL hell", occasionally witnessed by end users.
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DLL Hell ceased to be a practical concern over a decade ago, particularly given that Windows provides tight control over its dynamic linking search order.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-...

DLL Hell is not a linking problem, it's a packaging problem.