Re: ldconfig responds with Illegal Instruction, cannot

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Chris Purves wrote:

> Here are the contents of the file:
>
> >>>
> #!/bin/sh -e
>
> case "$1" in
>         configure)
>                 ldconfig
>                 ;;
>         abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
>                 ;;
> esac
>
> # Automatically added by dh_makeshlibs
> if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
>         ldconfig
> fi
> # End automatically added section
> <<<
>
> Line 3 is the case statement.  I don't have much practice with shell
> scripting, so I don't know if there's a problem.  Also, if I run
> "ldconfig" at the command line, it returns "Illegal instruction", so I
> don't know if the problem lies with the postinst file.

Nope; if you get the same error when running "ldconfig" at the command
prompt, the problem is not in the script.

Next, try "strace ldconfig" and watch for any error messages.

-- 
Kent