[oe] [oe-commits] Koen Kooi : initscripts: only run ldconfig on boot when ld.so. conf is present

[Koen Kooi]

On 31-10-2008 22:53, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:55:50 +0100 Koen Kooi<k.kooi at student.utwente.nl>
> babbled:
>
>> On 31-10-2008 13:37, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
>>> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:45 +0100 (CET) git at amethyst.openembedded.net (GIT
>>> User account) babbled:
>>>
>>> is there any reason to run ldconfig on boot? this should be handled by opkg
>>> on package install/upgrade or by the flash image creation (this slows boot
>>> significantly and i've patched out/disabled ldconfig run in bootmisc.sh
>>> with no ill effects).
>> Not all images have a package management tool inside, so depending on
>> that is a no-go. Recently OE stopped shipping ld.so.conf so the ldconfig
>> on boot won't get run. Doing it this way seemed to me the safest way to
>> get a nice speedup and keep things working for the funky people needing
>> ld.so.conf without a package manager :)
>
> no package manager? gads. well - i'd lean to the "then you're on your own
> buddy" line there - u install libs, you remember to run ldconfig, or suffer :)
> maybe i'm just too harsh :) though your way is clean. why don't we make it
>
> if [ ! -e /etc/ld.handled ]; then
>    /sbin/ldconfig
> fi
>
> and opkg adds a /etc/ld.handled to its package?
>
> similar effect to what you did butbasically if someone knows they will handle
> ldconfig then they just need to throw in that file into their system one way or
> another?

I don't have a strong opinion on that :) People more knowledgable about 
ldconfig should chip in on this topic.

regards,

Koen