Re: elf/ldconfig in glibc-2.2 generates error

[Andreas Jaeger]

>>>>> Jason  writes:


 > elf/ldconfig: Can't stat .2
That's a harmless warning - ignore it or install the patch from
http:/www.suse.de/~aj/ldconfig.patch

The patch will be in glibc 2.2.1.
 > After puzzingly over this for nearly 24hrs (including examining the
 > source, and not being able to figure out why it is not getting the
 > filename, the fact that it cant stat a filename that doesnt exist
 > actually makes perfect sense!), and not being able to determine WHY
 > ldconfig was included in the binary, I patched the toplevel makefile
 > to use my existing ldconfig, and everything worked, so far.

The ldconfig in 2.2 has a number of new features in comparison to the
libc5 ldconfig and is under the GPL.  The 2.2 version is backward
compatible, there's no problem using the older version but you'll
notice some difference in some obscure cases which most probably
nobody uses except me;-).

Andreas
 > As I have yet to install many other things that are to be installed
 > after glibc-2.2 (the extra libs for C++, recompiling many of the other
 > libs I have hand installed, etc...), I am wondering if this will cause
 > any problems.. or if the ldconfig included with 2.2 was merely put
 > there because it was needed.

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