On Sunday 03 April 2005 18:48, Marvin Dickens wrote: >On Sunday 03 April 2005 18:15, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >The way it's supposed to work is that the list of directories on >> > a system that are to be searched are supposed to be stored in >> > the file /etc/ld.so.conf. A lot of Red Hat derived >> > distributions do not include /usr/local/lib in the file >> > /etc/ld.so.conf. Is this a bug or intentional? Regardless, it's >> > broken. You can "fix" this by adding /usr/local/lib to >> > /etc/ld.so.conf. >> >> Which I did, years ago. But, I've been told that /lib, /usr/lib, >> and /usr/local/lib are builtin defaults. But, I've not seen any >> evidence that the search is truely exhaustive in looking at the >> ld.so.cache here. > >Neither have I. Perhaps the solution to this conundrum is something >along the line of a program that is independent of distributions >and/or applications. It's purpose would be to *thoroughly* search >the *entire* system and create a database of what is installed and >where it is residing on the system. Then ./configure would read >the database and know what you have and what you don't have. > Thats called 'updatedb' on *most* distros.
>Currently, regardless of what anybody says, the distro houses >tweak the system to be able to call it "Their version of Linux" and > pretty much hoark some obscure piece of code residing on the system > that invariably affects dependencies for some programs (I suppose I > should be saying the ability to properly determine > dependencies...). I don't think this is ever going to stop. Only by the most egregarious violators paying the price as they fold. >If the program that determined dependencies was not part of the > distribution and further, the methodology used to determine > dependencies was distro independent, distributors couldn't/wouldn't > have the opportunity to screw it up. Yup, but that would take away what *they* perceive as their competitive edge. Which means in simple terms, it ain't gonna happen. >Regards > >Marvin -- Cheers Marvin, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
