From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 11 07:24:35 2007 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 C824F16A418 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD66F13C467 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id l9B7CwH6093412 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:13:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id l9B7CwC1093410; Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:12:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA05263; Thu, 11 Oct 07 00:07:38 PDT Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:07:10 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: ertr1013@student.uu.se, noackjr@alumni.rice.edu Message-Id: <470dcb9e.q8UcVo86j6TW/+Yg%perryh@pluto.rain.com> 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> In-Reply-To: <20071011052637.GA2827@owl.midgard.homeip.net> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shooting oneself in the foot with "ldconfig -v" 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: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:24:35 -0000 > > 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.