>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 97 09:59:54 +0100
>From: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>

[jacques wrote:]
>> On a linux box, you can specify library paths in /etc/ld.so.conf.  I
>> see that on NetBSD the ldconfig 'hint' file is in /var/run.  Is there a
>> editor that will allow you to add /usr/local/lib in there, or do
>> you have to ldconfig -v /usr/local/lib everytime?
>
>I believe `ldconfig -m <libpath>' is what you want. It merges information
>about shared libraries in <libpath> into the current `hints' file.

-current's /etc/rc supports use of /etc/ld.so.conf to feed extra
directories to ldconfig.  I don't remember when that support was
added, so it may not exist on your system.
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