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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:05:08 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        tlambert2@mindspring.com
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new kldpath(8): display/modify the module search path
Message-ID:  <15151.41572.721434.703837@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B2F958E.BC556A1E@mindspring.com>
References:  <XFMail.010615122501.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3B2F958E.BC556A1E@mindspring.com>

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> > To me, it seems more sensible to use the same interface that
> > ldconfig uses.
> 
> Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
> 
> ldconfig is a serious pain in the ass, ever since the "fix"
> that made it not look in the linkage or configured directories
> on a lookup miss.
> 
> This is particularly aggregious if you have a "/opt" or some
> other place where you prefer to install your ports or locally
> developed software.
> 
> Having to reboot to make things work really, really sucks --
> and that is often necessary if you build code from the net,
> which FreeBSD has mistakenly included as part os the base
> system monolith.  OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and the resolver library
> are three examples that leap lithely to mind.

Terry, it's simple to not have to reboot.  Many ports already do this,
but a 'ldconfig -R' tells it to re-scan the known directories to pickup
new entries, which can be done at any time (as root of course).



Nate

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