Bug#193838: [Python-Dev] [debian build error]

[Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>]

* Joel Baker <fenton@debian.org> [030521 09:08]:
> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 10:35:13PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> >  ... how the hell did /lib not get into ld.so.conf??
> > 
> >  i don't believe i've ever edited ld.so.conf on this system.
> 
> The following is from 'man ldconfig':
> 
> ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache (for use by the run-time
> linker, ld.so) to the most recent shared libraries found in the directories
> specified on the com­ mand line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the
> trusted directories (/usr/lib and /lib). ldconfig checks the header and
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> file names of the libraries it encounters when determining which versions
> should have their links updated. ldconfig ignores symbolic links when
> scanning for libraries.
> 
> If it isn't finding things in /lib by default, someone has a rather serious
> bug on their hands. Check the version of ldconfig and kin?

AFAICS, the problem is not that the library in /lib is not found, the
problem is that a library in /usr/lib takes precedence over the /lib
one.

    Gregor