Ben Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 01:31:42PM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote: > > Changes in version 1.9.2: > > > > Removed /usr/local/lib from the default /etc/ld.so.conf > > for Debian (Bug#8181). > > oops, except that mod is *ancient*. way before potato. dunno why this > would change between potato and woody.
I've been meaning to bring this up for a while: Why on earth was this change ever made? /usr/local/lib is the supported place for the local admin to put libraries available to all programs. Every admin who wants to use /usr/local as intended will have to manually add this entry to have a working system. In general debian packages ship with empty /usr/local directories but are configured to automatically use files put in those directories by the administrator. Why should /usr/local/lib be any different? Incidentally, by the same logic /usr/local/bin should be in the standard path and /usr/local/sbin should be in root's standard path as well. -- greg
