From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Jelinek To: Andreas Jaeger Cc: GNU libc hacker Subject: Re: New ldconfig Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 04:07:00 -0000 Message-id: <19991123130904.J515@mff.cuni.cz> References: X-SW-Source: 1999-11/msg00014.html On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 12:37:55PM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > I've written a new ldconfig which I'll place under the GPL and like to > get added to glibc. ldconfig should be compatible with the current > ldconfig, but is missing some (IMHO not needed) options. It has been > successfully tested on ix86, powerpc and alpha. > > The program parses libraries of the same endianness and wordsize as > it's compiled for. It currently can not handle 32 and 64 bit > libraries simultaneously (if compiled on a 64 bit platform, it parses > only 64bit libraries). Is this needed anywhere? Yes. On sparc and I assume on ia64 as well. > > I've placed the file ldconfig-19991123.tar.gz on > ftp.suse.com/pub/people/aj/ The files come with a make file for > building. You need glibc 2.1 or newer for compilation. > > I would appreciate to get your comments. Is there anything missing > for integration into glibc? BTW: What was the reason not to integrate H.J.'s latest ldconfig, which already does a few things this ldconfig does not (in addition to 32/64 handling it e.g. removes duplicates etc.)? Cheers, Jakub ___________________________________________________________________ Jakub Jelinek | jakub@redhat.com | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/~jj Linux version 2.3.18 on a sparc64 machine (1343.49 BogoMips) ___________________________________________________________________