[PATCH] Add --print-dirs option for ldconfig

Dan Nicholson dbn.lists@gmail.com
Fri Dec 19 19:49:00 GMT 2008


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> wrote:
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> Dan Nicholson wrote:
>> It's useful information.
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> It's information that is already known.

It would be much more convenient if ldconfig could just tell me that
information instead of me having to:

1. Parse through ld.so.conf and handle included files
2. Guess the trusted directories based on plaform

>> What does it complicate?
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> The source code, what else?

It's like 5 lines of code with one conditional and one pointer. How is
that more complicated than the --print-cache code or any other option,
for that matter?

Well, I'm obviously not convincing you. Thanks, anyway.

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Dan



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