broken yum after latest yum update

[Konstantin Svist]

Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On 01/12/2007, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>     
>>> On 01/12/2007, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> $ ldd /usr/bin/python
>>>>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00110000)
>>>>         libpython2.5.so.1.0 => /usr/local/lib/libpython2.5.so.1.0
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Boom! As I wrote, your local lib install overrides the system lib,
>>> which breaks badly if they are incompatible. If you want to avoid
>>> that, you need to fix your ld.so* configuration.
>>>
>>>       
>> So how do I "fix" it?
>> I'm guessing something in the process of compilation of /usr/local
>> version...
>>     
>
> In addition to not setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH is harmful ways, verify
> /etc/ld.so*  and kill your stuff in /usr/local until you know what
> you're doing.
>   

Hmm, sure enough - /etc/ld.so.conf contains "/usr/local/lib" (and the 
64bit system doesn't)

Is it supposed to be there? If not, what could've added it? Is it safe 
to remove?

Judging from contents of files in /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ it looks like every 
[package/program/?] can define its own set of library paths. What's the 
proper procedure for adding those?