Re: Do I need ldso

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

Anthony Campbell wrote:
> 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.

I just now upgraded ldso to 1.9.11-15 on my unstable box and took a look.
dpkg claims that it is essential while apt-get says it's optional.  Apt
removed it without complaining.

Looks like some sort of a packaging bug.  I wrote to the maintainer about
it.
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John Hasler
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