Bug#622385: libc-bin: Please document hwcap's effect on library search paths in ld.so(8)
Package: libc-bin
Version: 2.13-0ubuntu13
Severity: wishlist
The effect of hwcap on ld.so’s search paths is not documented in
ld.so.8, and only appears to be documented at all in the Linux source
code.
This generates confusion; see for example:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/384764
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7100
The current behavior is inconsistent with the man page, as
/usr/lib/i686/cmov, for example, is searched before /usr/local/lib,
which contradicts ld.so(8).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers maverick-updates
APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'), (500, 'maverick'), (99, 'natty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
-- no debconf information
-- debsums errors found:
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_NAME (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_PAPER (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE (from libc-bin package)
debsums: missing file /usr/lib/locale/C.UTF-8/LC_TIME (from libc-bin package)
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