Subversion 1.0.4 install problem

[Andrew Carter]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Christopher Nehren wrote:
>
> The problem is that, for some reason, /usr/local/lib/apache2 isn't in
> your library search path. I've solved this by doing:
>
> ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib/apache2
>
> It's important that you use the -m flag: otherwise, all of your existing
> library search paths will be erased, and you'll be very lucky to fix
> them again.
>
> I've seen this problem on two machines, but am not exactly sure of how
> to fix it. My guess is that it's something with www/apache2, but it's
> very likely that I'm wrong.
>
>> I created symbolic links (ln -s) for the two libapr* shared libraries in
>> /usr/local/lib and it appears to work.  Anyone know what's going on here?
>
> Don't *ever* use symbolic links to resolve library issues. *EVER*. It
> will only dig you into a hole that may one day become impossible to
> escape. This might be a flippant reaction, but I speak from experience.
> In fact, once you do the ldconfig command, it may be wise to remove
> those symlinks just to be safe. Subversion will still work, because the
> linker (at least AFAIK) searches by library name, not by hardcoded
> paths. If it doesn't, you'll have to reinstall.

Thanks Christopher.  I'll try the ldconfig solution.  I knew the symbolic 
links didn't *feel* right so I'm glad I asked!

Andrew