On 29-Sep-00 Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Why ? ldconfig and ld.so.conf are 2 different things.
> I think on i386 ld.so.conf is here to allow selecting 2 different libm, based
> on machdep.fpu_present; this is handled by ld.elf_so

Is it?  I don't really know how it's supposed to work.  It looks to me like
it's used by ldconfig, but I could be wrong.

However..  it strikes me as wrong, that we ship an ld.so.conf, and not an
ldconfig.  I personally think ldconfig+ELF is wrong and evil, however..  we get
enough questions about "where is ldconfig" on port-alpha, and I think if we
start shipping knobs for people to turn, that aren't even attached to
anything.. they are going to get even more confused.

We shouldn't ship a config file that has no meaning.. IMHO..

Of course.. the whole a.out ldconfig thing is a whole other issue perhaps..

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