On 08/11/2016 01:20 PM, James Le Cuirot wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:56:02 +0200 > Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >>>> IMHO providing compatibility symlinks for proprietary binary-only >>>> programs isn't the task of the libpcre package. >> >>> I'm fine with putting it in libpcre-debian package as kentnl >>> suggested. >> >> I still think that the libpcre.so.3 compatibility link shouldn't be >> installed in a generally visible location. Install it in a specific >> directory instead, and start your binary with a wrapper which will >> add that directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > That makes it slightly more awkward for binaries you may have installed > manually. Can we agree to disagree on this one? It won't affect those > who don't need it. Obviously if anything blows up, I'll take full > responsibility. >
I agree with Ulm on this one, having a separate dir and LD_LIBRARY_PATH seems like the cleanest solution for this. -- Kristian Fiskerstrand OpenPGP certificate reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3
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