Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:18:40 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: arch@FreeBSD.org Cc: audit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new kldpath(8): display/modify the module search path Message-ID: <20010619221840.C5573@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20010619214041.E3535@ringworld.oblivion.bg>; from roam@orbitel.bg on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:40:41PM %2B0300 References: <XFMail.010615122501.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <3B2F958E.BC556A1E@mindspring.com> <20010619214041.E3535@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:40:41PM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:10:22AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > > John Baldwin wrote: > > > 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. > > Uh.. Terry.. have you even looked to check what this new > kldconfig thing is supposed to do? :) > > kldconfig(8) does not traverse any directories; it just modifies > a list of paths. As other posters in this thread have made me > believe, it doesn't even need to check for the existence of the paths. And for those who still haven't seen it, and would want to review another version (basically kldconfig-01 with ru's mdoc fixes), here's the new one: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/devel/sys/kldconfig/kldconfig-02.tar.gz The index of http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/devel/sys/kldconfig/ has a brief history and links to this and the previous versions :) G'luck, Peter -- When you are not looking at it, this sentence is in Spanish. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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