Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs

To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: problem with ldconfig and packaging libs
From: Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
Date: 20 Dec 1998 23:45:02 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] ytthfuqey69.fsf@gilgamesh.cse.ucsc.edu>
In-reply-to: James Troup's message of "18 Dec 1998 19:19:12 +0000"
References: <[🔎] 87ogp3lvnj.fsf@nocrew.org> <[🔎] 367824A7.AD2140FB@borco-ei.eng.hokudai.ac.jp> <[🔎] 19981216153338.B21640@hazel.buici.com> <[🔎] 367842C6.8F39A5BE@borco-ei.eng.hokudai.ac.jp> <[🔎] oayao7i8dg.fsf@burrito.fake> <[🔎] 19981216224700.A24587@hazel.buici.com> <[🔎] oan24ni5g7.fsf@burrito.fake> <[🔎] 19981216235634.A25117@hazel.buici.com> <[🔎] oad85ji3e1.fsf@burrito.fake> <[🔎] 3678C01D.AE3D27@borco-ei.eng.hokudai.ac.jp> <[🔎] 19981217063249.A16492@visi.net> <[🔎] 3679A267.221857BF@borco-ei.eng.hokudai.ac.jp> <[🔎] oaaf0m9hqt.fsf@burrito.fake> <[🔎] yttd85i2gfw.fsf@gilgamesh.cse.ucsc.edu> <[🔎] 87n24l1cnj.fsf@nocrew.org>

>>>>> "James" == James Troup <james@nocrew.org> writes:

    Ben> Hoo boy.. didn't we end up deciding this was wrong?

    James> Eh?  No, we certainly did not.

I'm pretty sure it's safe to call ldconfig unconditionally in
postinst, and that we ran into problems when we literally followed the
packaging manual.

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