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Bug#325921: /sbin/ldconfig: ldconfig manpage: should explain about deleting bad symlinks



Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
Severity: normal
File: /sbin/ldconfig

The ldconfig manual page says it creates symlinks, but does not mention
anything about deleting them. It does remove them, however, and Policy
requires shared library packages to run ldconfig in their postrms for
this reason. I suggest chating the first sentence of the DESCRIPTION 
section in the manual page to begin like this:

    ldconfig creates, updates, and removes ...

This should make it clearer with minimal changing. Someone who understands
the issue better than I do might want to add a fuller description.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  libdb1-compat                 2.1.3-7    The Berkeley database routines [gl

libc6 recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information



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