[RFC] change packaging around shared libraries, ldconfig

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Wed Jun 27 14:30:21 UTC 2007


Rex Dieter (rdieter at math.unl.edu) said: 
> Doesn't ldconfig also update ld.so.cache?  If so, won't "bad things" happen
> if that cache is stale, like when/if 2 pkgs are installed in a transaction,
> and pkg #2 depends on shlibs from pkg #1?

If the cache is stale, it will look in the directories for something that
doesn't exist in the cache. I'm trying to think of a way the cache could
point to the wrong *version* of the library, but nothing is coming to
mind.

Bill




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