Bug#89674: PROPOSAL] Clarify ldconfig usage
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.2.0
Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.5.2.0
> Severity: wishlist
> Proposed patch:
> Any package installing shared libraries in a directory that's listed
> in `/etc/ld.so.conf' or in one of the default library directories of
> `ld.so' (currently, these are `/usr/lib' and `/lib') must call
> `ldconfig' in its `postinst' script if and only if the first argument
> - is `configure'. However, it is important not to call `ldconfig' in
When did this (postinst can only call ldconfig if $1 = configure) become
policy? Not only is this pointless, it also means that a lot of packages are
now in violation of this policy. I propose that the "and only if" phrase be
removed from the above sentence.
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