Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 10:52:28 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD package system (a.k.a. Daemon Package System (dps)) Message-ID: <20070511085228.GB2318@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <86sla33gkm.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200705102105.27271.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> <f20c8u$htp$1@sea.gmane.org> <17987.52037.112351.872442@bhuda.mired.org> <20070511015156.GA77895@xor.obsecurity.org> <86zm4b3h7h.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070511082657.GA24652@xor.obsecurity.org> <86sla33gkm.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:33:29AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > We already have a mechanism for recording dependencies between > libraries; it's built into the ELF format, and does not require > hardcoding any directories. Introducing .la files which override the > existing mechanism and *do* hardcode directories is a regression. That is because FreeBSD doesn't use the ELF mechanisms to specify search directories in most cases. It still depends on the a.out orignating ld.so.conf mechanism. Joerg
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