Hi, ldconfig 2.2.2, as it ships with 'debian unstable' unfortunately always puts /lib and /usr/lib BEFORE all other paths as specified in /etc/ld.so.conf. This wasn't the case before. I just checked an older ldconfig (from the ldso-1.9.11 source) where /lib and /usr/lib come AFTER the libs specified in /etc/ld.so.conf.
To give you an idea of my problem: My graphics chip needs a patched version of libsvga, which I put to /usr/local/lib. As many programs which use libsvga will be setuid root, LD_LIBRARY_PATH won't be recognized by the dynamic loader. So I need to have a means to tell the dynamic loader to use /usr/local/lib BEFORE /usr/lib! The ideal behaviour would be IMHO: 1) if /lib and /usr/lib are NOT specified in /etc/ld.so.conf: put these BEFORE the libs in ld.so.conf, i.e.: /lib /usr/lib ... as specified in /etc/ld.so.conf 2) if /lib and /usr/lib ARE specified in /etc/ld.so.conf: don't change anything in the order of ld.so.conf, i.e., if they come at the end in ld.so.conf, search them after all other libs: /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib -- Johannes
