From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Jaeger To: Mark Kettenis Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: ldconfig Patch Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 07:13:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <199911301443.PAA24020@landau.wins.uva.nl> X-SW-Source: 1999-11/msg00055.html >>>>> Mark Kettenis writes: Mark> From: Andreas Jaeger Mark> Date: 30 Nov 1999 14:57:23 +0100 Mark> - Mark and Roland, ldconfig is now also build for the Hurd. Is this Mark> ok? Mark> Probably not. The first line of sysdeps/mach/hurd/dl-cache.c says: Mark> Stubby version of dl-cache; the Hurd doesn't support this "feature". Mark> I tend to agree. Even under Linux I don't use ldconfig. Mark> Ultimately, on a correctly configured Hurd all shared libraries will appear Mark> under /lib by using nifty Hurdish features. Mark> Anyway, unless Roland and/or Thomas change their mind, ldconfig is Mark> useless on the Hurd, so it would be better if you could arrange things Mark> such that ldconfig is only built and installed for Linux. We've got two options: Build it only for Linux - or don't build it on Hurd. Since (quoting another email from you) "It's just the Hurd that wants to be different :-)." what's the right way to go? Btw. anybody with a hint how to do this? Setting a make variable that's disabled/enabled for Hurd/Linux? Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj@suse.de private aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de