Clarification on Packaging Guidelines

[Hans de Goede]

Denis Leroy wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 08:49 -0700, Denis Leroy wrote:
>>
>>> Rex Dieter wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eric Work wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I was previously unsure whether %pre/%post ldconfig lines on shared
>>>>> library devel packages were needed.  In a recent discussion with some
>>>>> others on #fedora-extras I was informed that they were not needed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The policy is clear, IMO, ldconfig is needed if said package 
>>>> includes any
>>>> shared libraries (pkgs with *symlinks* to shared libs, like most -devel
>>>> ones, don't count).
>>>
>>> I think there's an implicit assumption here that you are installing 
>>> shared libraries *meant to be picked up by the dynamic linker*. Some 
>>> packages ship dynamic libraries that are dlopened() directly by the 
>>> application (plugins), in that case calling ldconfig will not do 
>>> anything and so is not necessary.
>>
>>
>> The open question here would be: Should dlopen'ed plugins in $libdir be
>> allowed?
> 
> Do you mean in %libdir itself, or anywhere under %libdir ?

I think he means in %libdir itself, thats how I read it when I posted I 
agreed :)

In a subdir under libdir is not only fine, thats actually mandatory by 
the FHS.

Regards,

Hans