X package shared library problem

1995-12-15 Thread Stephen Early
If the new xlib and xdevel packages are installed in the wrong order then the various *.so symlinks for the new libraries won't be made correctly. Check that the /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so symlink exists and points to libX11.so.6, and if it doesn't then re-install xdevel. This is quite a nasty pr

Re: X package shared library problem

1995-12-15 Thread David Engel
> > Which part, deleting the link in the first place or not recreating it? > > > > The latter is not a bug. Ldconfig will never create the links needed > > by ld as long as I'm maintaining it. > > Deleting something that you are not responsible for creating is probably > not a good idea. Agree

Re: X package shared library problem

1995-12-15 Thread Stephen Early
On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, David Engel wrote: > > Can this be considered to be a bug in ldconfig? > > Which part, deleting the link in the first place or not recreating it? > > The latter is not a bug. Ldconfig will never create the links needed > by ld as long as I'm maintaining it. Deleting someth

Re: X package shared library problem

1995-12-15 Thread David Engel
> The problem is caused by ldconfig; when it is run in the xlib postrm, it > deletes the .so link. It doesn't replace this link when it's run in the > xlib postinst. This is why I suggested a couple of days ago that ldconfig should not be run from any postrm scripts. It should only be run from p