severity 378241 important thanks On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 10:48:15AM -0400, Charles Fry wrote: > Packages containing shared libraries that may be linked to by other > packages' binaries, but which for some compelling reason can not be > installed in /usr/lib directory, may install the shared library files > in subdirectories of the /usr/lib directory, in which case they > should arrange to add that directory in /etc/ld.so.conf in the > package's post-installation script, and remove it in the package's > post-removal script.
> If I understand this correctly, if there was a compelling reason to use > a /usr/lib subdirectory (I don't know what that woudl be), then > /etc/ld.so.cnof would need to be updated. I think that suggestion in policy is worse than using rpath and that this ought to be revised. But anyway, this is not in the list of RC issues for etch, so downgrading. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
