Bug#2414: lib/libc.so missing

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Michael Meskes writes ("Re: Bug#2414: /lib/libc.so missing"):
> Ian Jackson writes:
> > Package: libc5
> > Version: 5.2.18-1
> >
> > -root@chiark:/lib> ll libc.so*
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           26 Jul 20  1995 libc.so.2 -> ../usr/local/lib/libc.so.2*
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           28 Jul 20  1995 libc.so.2.2 -> ../usr/local/lib/libc.so.2.2*
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Feb 25 17:17 libc.so.4 -> libc.so.4.6.27*
> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       634880 Nov 10 05:15 libc.so.4.6.27*
> > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Feb 25 17:29 libc.so.5 -> libc.so.5.2.18*
> > -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       535804 Dec 15 19:41 libc.so.5.2.18*
> > -root@chiark:/lib> ln -sf libc.so.5 libc.so
>
> No, that's not correct. The correct place for libc.so is /usr/lib. Check
> there and you'll see that the libc5-dev package has the link. BTW it really
> belongs into the dev-package, because you only need it for developing.

No, I don't have the link in /usr/lib either (as I said, the lack of
the `libc.so' link caused a program I compiled to be linked
statically).

Ian.