ldconfig when PACKAGE_BUILDING=YES (and linux ports)

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Aug 3 23:38:30 UTC 2007


On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 02:09:47AM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:58:47 +0200 Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> > Boris Samorodov p????e v so 04. 08. 2007 v 01:30 +0400:
> 
> > > Seems that running ldconfig while building a package at package
> > > cluster (i.e. when PACKAGE_BUILDING is defined) is quite useless. [1]
> > > 
> > > To be more specific I'm interested at linux ports. ATM we run linux
> > > ldconfig (using linuxulator) _at package building_. Hence to create a
> > > package for FC6 port we should change compat.linux.osrelease (which I
> > > don't like and try to avoid). If the "ldconfig" stage may be skipped
> > > when PACKAGE_BUILDING is defined then things get way too easier both
> > > for default kernel linux.osrelease and default linux_base port change.
> 
> > I don't follow - what is the problem?
> 
> An FC6 port can't be build (and more specific -- linux-fc6 ldconfig
> doesn't run) with current default compat.linux.osrelease=2.4.2. So
> this sysctl should be changed to 2.6.16 for package building sake.
> When the default compat.linux.osrelease will be switched to 2.6.16 we
> will get the other way round problem if we try to build and FC4 port.
> 
> I don't like the status quo and want to find a way to siplify it.

That's a kernel problem, not a ldconfig problem.

Kris


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