In my previous post, I discussed various strategies for managing third party libraries. In this post I’ll discuss a couple of techniques you can use to ensure that a specific version of your source code will get compiled with the correct version of the required libraries.

Yes, you can rely on your package management tools to always deliver you the correct versions. If you’re a little more paranoid and/or spent way too much time debugging problems stemming from mixing the wrong libraries, you may want to continue reading.