Re: Do I need ldso
On 24 Aug 2001, John Hasler wrote:
> Aquila writes:
> > ... the one in the (obsolete) ldso package is an old version (1.9.11?)
> > and is for libc5...
>
> The most recent version of the ldso package is also 'Priority: optional'.
> The libc5 package depends on it.
> --
> John Hasler
> john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, WI
>
Well, this was why I asked the question originally. Dlocate -s says that
ldso is in the oldlibs section and is optional, yet if you tell apt-get
to remove it you are told it is essential and you have to remove it
explicitly. I don't see how it can be both optional and essential.
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