Re: ldd -u (Re: Solving recursive dependency disease in KDE-based packages)

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com>]

dato@net.com.org.es wrote:
> * Nathanael Nerode [Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:35:41 -0500]:
> 
> >   To work out which libraries you're linked to which you don't actually 
need,
> >   ldd -u <executable or library> is invaluable.
> 
>   This seems like not the case _at all_ to me (the "invaluable" bit):

Yes, it definitely gives lots of false positives.  I haven't seen it give a 
false negative yet though, which makes it a reasonable starting point.

>For now, I
>  plan on sticking to Henning Makholm's "libneeded" lintian check:
Great if you've got it working; I hadn't.