> >> The symlinks for lib*.so are in the runtime package. They should be > >> in the -dev package. > > > >Makes sense. Done. > > It doesn't make sense to me. I thought that the runtime package would > include all of the shared libraries that other programs might need. > Isn't that what lib*.so provide, the shared libraries? And the > symlinks are used by ld.so, no? On a disk tight system I don't want to > have to install -dev just to run some packages built on ncurses. Let me > know if I what I'm missing here.
Mike already did a good job of answering this. The only thing I'll add is that ldconfig manages any links needed by ld.so. For run-time packages, all you have to do is install the libfoo.so.X.Y.Z files and ldconfig will do the rest. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081
