From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pippin.tausq.org (gandalf.tausq.org [64.81.244.94]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D83C4839 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:07:36 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:04:43 -0800 From: Randolph Chung To: Joel Soete Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Solved [was: Help, help testing Debian hppa unusable??] Message-ID: <20030220160443.GF11363@tausq.org> Reply-To: Randolph Chung References: <3E53490E0000066B@ocpmta2.freegates.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <3E53490E0000066B@ocpmta2.freegates.net> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > I temporary copy libc-2.3.1.so into /lib of this system. Eep, that is a *BAD* idea... > What I found erronious is that ldconfig changed on its own (without querying > what todo) the link /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.5.so (as install by libc6 > dpkg) to -> libc-2.3.1.so?? This is correct behavior, ldconfig creates a symlink between the SONAME of a library to the library itself. This is documented in the ldconfig manpage..... randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/