skaller wrote:
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 01:53 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:section 8.1 of debian-policy states that[sic]The run-time library package should include the symbolic link that |ldconfig| would create for the shared libraries. [sic]Does not this mean that ldconfig creates the symbolic link for the shared libraries?Yes. But consider these two scenarios:
Thanks for your clarification. I seriously think that section 8.1 need to completely rewritten and should include your explanation in there. In a document like debian-policy, It is important to give what someone should do and why they should do it so. The 'why', I guess is very important.<other stuff snipped>
raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi Graduate Student, MAE Cornell University http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/