On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:32:25 +0200 (CEST), Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Marc Haber wrote: >> I have a package with a library that needs to be entered to >> /etc/ld.so.preload. It is clear that this library needs to go in /lib >> rather than /usr/lib because there are systems that have /usr on a >> dedicated partition. > >Are you sure that *every* program needs this library preloaded? Could you >tell us some more about the lib?
The package in question is an internal package for snoopy (http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/marius/snoopy/), where I am currently experimenting how to optimize the ld.so.preload entry to give a patch to the debian maintainer. But there are other libs (for example libsafe) that need to be loaded this way. But libsafe has its own package ld.so.preload-manager which seems to be a good thing to use here. >> (2) >> Ask the user if I should add the lib to /etc/ld.so.preload in the >> postinst and automatically remove the entry in prerm? Does order in >> /etc/ld.so.preload matter? > >I'd go for this solution, however I'd ask in the config script rather >than in the postinst. :-) My mistake. You're right. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
