Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-03 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are you saying ldconfig can't update the links on Hurd? Exactly, as mentioned in #83669. > Can this be fixed? Sure. It ain't broke, though. > My only concern is that the solution to another policy proposal > presented to debian-policy (assuming it still

Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:54:15PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Marcus> We could make it bail out with an error if something is > Marcus> requested which isn't implemented. Sometimes, > Marcus> debian/rules scripts run ld

Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-02 Thread Brian May
> "Marcus" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Marcus> We could make it bail out with an error if something is Marcus> requested which isn't implemented. Sometimes, Marcus> debian/rules scripts run ldconfig to set links. So we Marcus> want to provide an ldconfig d

Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:35:26PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 04:19:53PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > > "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Robbe> For one, it is unnecessary, and wastes time. But more > > Robbe> importantly, the

Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-01 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 04:19:53PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > > "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Robbe> For one, it is unnecessary, and wastes time. But more > Robbe> importantly, the Hurd has no ld.so.cache, which kills > Robbe> reason 2 on this platform.

Re: mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-06-01 Thread Brian May
> "Robbe" == Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robbe> For one, it is unnecessary, and wastes time. But more Robbe> importantly, the Hurd has no ld.so.cache, which kills Robbe> reason 2 on this platform. Debian GNU/Hurd systems also Robbe> don't have reason 1, so ther

mandate ldconfig -X?

2001-05-31 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
I propose that instead of calling "ldconfig", maintainer scripts of packages containing shared libraries should call "ldconfig -X". Background: ldconfig has two purposes: 1. For each shared library, create/update a symbolic link from the library's soname to the library file. The link is only ch