Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:07:10 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: ertr1013@student.uu.se, noackjr@alumni.rice.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shooting oneself in the foot with "ldconfig -v" Message-ID: <470dcb9e.q8UcVo86j6TW/%2BYg%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20071011052637.GA2827@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <64910.70.130.237.37.1192052489.squirrel@www.noacks.org> <20071010223442.GA99741@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <1526.75.206.130.128.1192076869.squirrel@www.noacks.org> <20071011052637.GA2827@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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> > The previously configured directory list was fully populated, so > > effectively there should have been no change as the previously > > configured directories were untouched and I specified no > > additional pathnames. > > ... > > Are you saying that by specifying "-v" I no longer satisfied the > > "no parameters are given" clause and ended up in a default place > > in the logic? > > That wasn't actually what I was saying, but after checking the > source code it turns out you are right and that is exactly what > happens. > > > ... IMHO a verbose switch shouldn't change behavior; it should > > just spam the console a lot. > > True. Current behavior sounds like, at best, a LOLA violation. Perhaps the OP would consider submitting a PR.
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