> Somehow I don't feel like offering any thanks when such roadblocks are > strewn about. The ldconfig thing is breaking stuff just to lock us into > the rpm camp if we're cautious & wanna stick with distro only SW. > Absolutely NO mention of the new /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory, its usage > or the 'include' directive which is now the only line in the installed > /etc/ld.so.conf. I don't recall it existing in FC6. Such changes > should be documented where they can be found with a simple man command > if you want folks to be aware of them. > I haven't seen anything wrong with ldconfig. You can add paths directly in ld.so.conf if you wish. Then run ldconfig as root. Or, when you build a package from source, you can ./configure it with the path set to /usr/ rather than /usr/local (which is the default in many cases). Then the libraries go directly into /usr/lib, etc.
