[nycbug-talk] ldconfig

[Marc Spitzer]

On 4/23/06, Jonathan Vanasco <nycbug-list at 2xlp.com> wrote:
> i'm going crazy on this one:
>
> I've been trying to get sqlite3 to compile with threads on my freebsd
> box.   ( it had a bug that wouldn't let it do it, and was upgraded a
> few days ago, but the patch wasn't working right )
>
> I figured there might be some issue with the linked libraries,  so i
> tried running ldconfig.
>
> well, ldconfig doesn't seem to work the exactly the same it does on
> linux...   and i managed to wipe all the hints.
>
> now my system has neither a /etc/ld.so.conf or /etc/ld-elf.so.conf .
> (was it always like that?  i dont know)  and few apps work.
>
> running ldconfig /libexec i can get bash running, but i kill ssh.
> ldconfig /lib gets sshd running, but i kill bash
>
> running ldconfig /libexec /lib seems to work .  but obviously my box
> is trashed right now and I need to fix it.   and there's got to be a
> better way.  google isn't much help, neither are the man pages.  can
> someone point me in the right direction?

1: man ldconfig

2: as root ldconfig -m  /lib /usr/lib ...
   to get things working, you may want to add a -elf to create a hints file

marc
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