Bug#519941: 10.2 Libraries recommends use of /etc/ld.so.conf instead of /etc/ld.so.conf.d

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 07:52 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> This recommendation needs to be elminated entirely.  It is *not* ok for
> packages that provide libraries to stick extra linker paths in the global
> configuration, whether by modifying ld.so.conf or by adding to
> /etc/ld.so.conf.d.  Either the libraries provided by the packages are meant
> to be public, in which case they should be installed to the standard library
> path instead of needlessly adding another directory that's going to be
> globally visible anyway; or they should not, and the cooperating packages
> should use rpath instead.

The X libraries used to modify /etc/ld.so.conf, but thankfully that's
long gone now :)
Seconded.

Cheers,
Julien