Subject: Re: /etc/rc.d/ldconfig, ELF and a.out
To: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-misc
Date: 06/04/2004 10:04:24
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 06:16:17PM -0500, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> > It's there to build the cache for a.out compatibility, isn't it ?
> > I agree there should now be a way to disable it, but maybe it shouldn't
> > default to off ...
> 
> Is the cache actually needed to use a.out shared libraries? If not,

If I remember properly, it is if you have librairies outside /usr/lib

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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