From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 11:21:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E2C106566B for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:21:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F1968FC1C for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:21:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 11759 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2008 05:21:13 -0600 Received: from 124-170-125-77.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.125.77) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 5 Mar 2008 05:21:12 -0600 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 22:21:09 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20080305222109.025f4721@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <47CE4925.5070204@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <284486.87640.qm@web25010.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200803041616.45633.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> <20080305131502.59aa7023@meijome.net> <47CE4925.5070204@infracaninophile.co.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Dimitri Yioulos , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lib Errors After 6.3 - 7 Update X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:21:14 -0000 On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:17:57 +0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > Umm... Using libmap.conf in this way is functionally equivalent to > sym-linking the shlibs and is just as evil. If an app needs libc.so.5 > then the only correct answer is to give it libc.so.5 by installing > compat5x. of course it is as evil if do it carelessly, but it's a more controlled sym-linking of forms, as you can tell it that a certain symlink only applies to one application and not all of them. probably doesn't really apply to this example, but, from my experience, it is far better than symlinking. > > libmap.conf has its uses, but one of the primary reasons for having it > -- switching between different threading implementations -- is a non-issue > on 7.0 where you get libthr style threads as standard. I think there > may be one or two ports that advise you to make specific libmap.conf > settings, but unless you've installed one of those, you really should > not need a libmap.conf at all. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Software QA is like cleaning my cat's litter box: Sift out the big chunks. Stir in the rest. Hope it doesn't stink. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.