Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:43:14 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: kientzle@acm.org, Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ldconfig / dynamic linker hints library name conventions Message-ID: <200312101643.14397.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3FD65D51.7090609@acm.org> References: <200312071603.29573.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> <3FD65D51.7090609@acm.org>
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On Wednesday 10 December 2003 10:10, Tim Kientzle wrote: > Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > From the ldconfig manpage: > > > > "Filenames must conform to the lib*.so.[0-9] pattern in order to > > be added to the hints file." > > > > I wonder if there actually are any compelling reasons to keep this > > behaviour - > > Yes there are. Not all shared libraries are meant to be seen > by ldconfig. Some programs use shared libraries as > "plug-ins" that only get loaded under explicit control of > the program. Allowing ldconfig to see them just puts garbage > in the hints file. It should say lib*.so.[0-9]+ :) :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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