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Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 03:10:49 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: committers@FreeBSD.ORG, dillon@backplane.com
Subject: Re: /usr/lib/compat/aout not being scanned?
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>    Hmm..  I think there is a bug in /etc/rc in regards to the handling of
>    'aout' subdirectories.  It seems to only ldconfig /usr/lib/aout.  It
>    should probably scan all directories in $ldconfig_paths and load 
>    $dirname/aout into ldconfig if it exists for each directory.

You have to put the aout subdirectories in $ldconfig_paths if
you want them.  Similarly for $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, the default path
STANDARD_SEARCH_DIRS = "/usr/lib" built into ld and ld.so, and paths
specified by -L options - the path specifies precisely the directories
to be searched, and there is no ambiguity about whether to append /aout
or loss of control by forced appendage of /aout.

There are some confusing ambiguities in this area for compiler paths.

Bruce