Re: RFS: gthumb (updated and adopted package)
David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com> writes:
> Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo@nul-unu.com> ha scritto:
>
>> Don't override this, it *is* a bug in the package. The propper fix
>> is to move the library into a private directory inside /usr/lib, say
>> /usr/lib/gthumb
>
> Thank you.
> Should I call ldconfig in post{inst,rm} also in this case then? Lintian
> complains about it: it says it's "useless". Should I override this, or is it
> really useless?
I think it's really useless. ldconfig manages the information for
libraries on the default search path. Private libraries don't need it,
and Policy 8.1.1 only says to run ldconfig when installing libraries into
the default search path.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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