* Rafael Laboissiere <raf...@debian.org> [2009-03-17 00:16]: > * Cédric Boutillier <cedric.boutill...@gmail.com> [2009-03-16 14:53]: > > > I found this bug, trying to package for myself octave-ruby [0], an > > interface between Octave and Ruby. > > I do not know if what I will say makes much sense, but is it possible > > to make the octave3.0 package send a file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/octave.conf > > containing > > > > /usr/lib/octave-x.y.z/ > > > > so that programs linked against liboctinterp.so, liboctave.so and > > libcruft.so > > can find these libraries at runtime? > > This sounds like a good idea. Does it really fix your packaging problem > with octave-ruby? > > > I think it is what r-base-core is doing. > > Yes, it is.
A thread started yesterday in debian-policy [1] about the use of /etc/ld.so.conf.d/. It seems that the Policy people are against the use of this ldconfig feature. Let us see if a consensus is reached in this discussion. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2009/03/msg00147.html -- Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
