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To: uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de
Subject: Re: ldconfig problems
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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 13:55:02 -0800
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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In article <3476ECD8.41C67EA6@uni-bonn.de>,
Philipp Reichmuth  <uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> rm -f ghostview
> cc -o ghostview -m486 -O2      -L/usr/X11R6/lib main.o misc.o
> callbacks.o actions.o dialogs.o                   Ghostview.o ps.o
> getenv.o setenv.o strcasecmp.o                   SelFile.o Dir.o Path.o
> Draw.o -lXaw -lXmu -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXt -lX11 -lXt -lSM -lICE -lXext
> -lX11   -lm -lgnumalloc
> ld: -lgnumalloc: no match
> *** Error code 1
[...]
> libgnumalloc.so.2.0 is in my ldconfig path, however, because ldconfig -r
> says:
> 
> XXXXX==== ldconfig -r | grep "numall"
> ======================================XXXXX
> 	9:-lgnumalloc.2.0 => /usr/lib/compat/libgnumalloc.so.2.0
> YYYYY=======================================================================YYYYY

The ldconfig database is used only by the dynamic linker "ld.so".
The static linker "ld" does not use it at all.  If you want "ld" to
find libgnumalloc, then you need to either add "-L/usr/lib/compat"
to its command line arguments, or create a symbolic link
"/usr/lib/libgnumalloc.so.2.0 -> /usr/lib/compat/libgnumalloc.so.2.0".

John
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
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