Re: Do I need ldso
On 24 Aug 2001 12:37:27 -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 06:15:42PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > Deborphan says there is nothing dependent on ldso but it is nevertheless
> > classified as essential.
>
> You only need ldso if you want to be able to use code which is linked
> againt dynamic libraries. Try this:
>
> cd /usr/bin; file * grep shared
>
> If you don't need any of those commands (or the stuff in /bin, /sbin,
> /usr/sbin, etc.) feel free to remove ldso.
Don't be so sarcastic, the dynamic linker/loader is certainly essential,
but the newest version is part of the libc6 package, the one in the
(obsolete) ldso package is an old version (1.9.11?) and is for libc5
afaik...
>
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