Bug#120585: apparently what lintian does is valid, ldconfig use outside $1=configure is not documented as safe
Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr> wrote:
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> So... please either provide a rationale for this optional invocation, in
> which case the lintian warning postinst-unsafe-ldconfig stays just a
> warning, or remove the clause, in which case the lintian warning gets
It is perfectly safe to invoke ldconfig unconditionally in a postinst
script. Thus it is OK for a package to simply put ldconfig in its
postinst without checking $1.
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