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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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