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Date:      Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:36:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        mhenrion@cybercable.fr
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ldconfig behaviour when no parameters are given
Message-ID:  <200007091636.JAA48743@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <39678B9C.C9166C11@cybercable.fr>
References:  <39678B9C.C9166C11@cybercable.fr>

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In article <39678B9C.C9166C11@cybercable.fr>,
Maxime Henrion  <mhenrion@cybercable.fr> wrote:
> 
>     When ldconfig is invoked without any parameters, the shared library
> cache is reseted to the contents of /usr/lib only. I think such a
> behaviour isn't very useful, especially when one knows that a lot of
> people come to FreeBSD after having used Linux. The first time they get
> an error message like "foo.so not found", they, nearly automatically,
> run ldconfig and so screw up their shared library cache.
>     Is there a special reason why ldconfig behaves this way ? And is
> there any application that rely on that behaviour ? This would at least
> estonish me. That's why, i wanted to suggest that ldconfig prints a
> usage screen when invoked without parameters, or else that it performs a
> default and safe action, like a refresh (ldconfig -R).

I agree with you.  The default action should be the same as "-R".
Don't worry, there aren't any applications that rely on the current
behavior.

>     If it happens that what I say make sense, and that the two
> requirements above are met (see the two questions), i'll be happy to
> submit a patch.

Great.  If you'll make the patch, I'll review it and commit it.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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