#include <hallo.h> * Bill Allombert [Sat, Mar 18 2006, 02:56:27PM]: > On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 01:56:13PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > Hi people, > > > > I just wondered why exactly my laptop uses that much time for updates > > and I think that calling ldconfig is a main problem. In theory, it > > should not cost much time because VFS cache has the relevant file parts. > > However, if memory is limited and there are other applications running, > > the VFS cache is flushed sooner thank you think, especially with > > today's count of various libraries in /usr/lib. > > > > I think, it would be enough to call ldconfig only once after dpkg is > > trough. Reasons: > > > > - there are no dangerous transitions (libc5->libc6) that would require > > having updated ld.so.cache immediately > > - all applications should follow the ld.so.conf paths if something is > > not in the cache. No problem here. > > ld.so manpage imply the opposite.
I would not be that sure. Following that manpage from 1998 you have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH or have /etc/ld.so.cache. You can test it on any recent system, deleting ld.so.cache. Eduard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]