Re: [opensuse] A Smart Question

25 Jun 2007


      On Sunday 24 June 2007 22:40:50 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
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* Bob Williams  [06-24-07 16:14]:
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Thank you. What's the difference/what does ldconfig do that SuSEconfig
doesn't?
The "man" files are *really* there for a reason and although, somewhat
cryptic in a lot of cases, really can help understand what is going on.
from 'man ldconfig'"
ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache to the most
       recent shared libraries found in the directories specified on
       the command line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and in the
       trusted directo‐ ries (/lib and /usr/lib).  The cache is used
       by the run-time linker, ld.so or ld-linux.so.  ldconfig checks
       the header and filenames of the libraries it encounters when
       determining which versions should have their links updated.
If you will watch the progress of yast, after installing/upgrading a
package, it runs "ldconfig" (usually).
note: imho, the use of graphics to accomplish *everything* really
      detracts from *learning* your system.
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Thank you very much [I mean it :)]. And the gentle rebuke is received in the 
spirit it was given.

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Bob

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