broken yum after latest yum update

[Michael Schwendt]

On 02/12/2007, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> 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?

No, it isn't. Unless you desperately want it to be there.

> If not, what could've added it?

PEBKAC?

> Is it safe to remove?

It depends on how you've modified your system.

> 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?

The default for Fedora is this:

$ cat /etc/ld.so.conf
include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf