[oe] remove ld.so.conf from glibc?

[Richard Purdie]

On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 20:30 +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:
> At present, the main glibc package (libc6 in most DISTROs) is shipping
> an /etc/ld.so.conf file which mentions /usr/local/lib
> and /usr/X11R6/lib.  I think it has basically been this way for all
> time, and I suspect the original file was probably imported from Chris's
> openzaurus installation way back when.
> 
> As far as I can tell, this file is not serving any useful purpose on any
> contemporary DISTRO.  On the contrary, aside from contributing to
> filesystem clutter, its only real effect will be to slow down shared
> library loading.  So, I would propose to delete it from the libc6
> package.  Any DISTRO which does need this file can, of course, ship it
> in a separate package of their own.
> 
> Comments?

I agree with this. Poky already removed cruft from this file and has a
modified version so splitting it into a separate package would be good
which distros can deal with as needed.

Cheers,

Richard