In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.991217123236.26326E-100000@wakko.deltatee.com> you wrote: > The programs mutually agree on the command/script to run and do > ln -sf `which ldconfig` /var/lib/dpkg/configure/ldconfig Nah, just have them touch the agreed upon filename. If the file exists at the right time, task gets run and file gets removed. Bdale