On linux, ldconfig handles this. So you shouldn't need to add the symlink creation directly to debian/rules. How do other packages create the symlink (I would look myself, but my nexenta box is still down).
-- David On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Anil Gulecha <anil.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I can see that the libraries are present under /usr/lib: >> >> r...@lanai:~/src/openssl/curl/curl-7.18.0# ls -l /usr/lib/libgss* >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 6 21:56 /usr/lib/libgss.so -> libgss.so.1 >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 76700 Dec 4 07:52 /usr/lib/libgss.so.1 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dec 6 21:57 /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2 -> >> libgssapi.so.2.0.0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160428 Nov 25 17:12 /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2.0.0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Dec 9 09:04 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so >> -> libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Dec 9 09:04 >> /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 -> libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171860 Dec 9 03:57 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 9 09:04 /usr/lib/libgssrpc.so -> >> libgssrpc.so.4.0 >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 9 09:04 /usr/lib/libgssrpc.so.4 -> >> libgssrpc.so.4.0 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92868 Dec 9 03:57 /usr/lib/libgssrpc.so.4.0 >> > > r...@lanai:~/src/openssl/curl/curl-7.18.0# dpkg -S /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2 > libgssapi2-heimdal: /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2 > r...@lanai:~/src/openssl/curl/curl-7.18.0# dpkg -S /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2.0.0 > libgssapi2-heimdal: /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2.0.0 > > SP the package libgssapi2-heimdal provides /usr/lib/libgssapi.so.2 but > not /usr/lib/libgssapi.so > > Is it this package's job to provide this package (by adding an ln -s > at the right place in debian/rules)? Or is there something else that > isnt doing this? > > Ainl > _______________________________________________ > gnusol-devel mailing list > gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel > > _______________________________________________ gnusol-devel mailing list gnusol-devel@lists.sonic.net http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-devel