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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news.ro.com!sr7 1.ro.com!ro.com!cadams From: cadams@ro.com (Chris Adams) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: dynamic-vs-static linked /bin etc (was: Re: TCP latency) Date: 23 Jul 1996 03:32:43 GMT Organization: Renaissance Internet Services Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4t1h4r$f4@sr71.ro.com> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <4so08d$kgo@news.inc.net> <87afwvdgh6.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <slrn4v7rm5.92.liam@sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sh1.ro.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:46101 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:24256 In article <slrn4v7rm5.92.liam@sweetums.lab.nz.eds.com>, Liam Greenwood <Liam.Greenwood@nz.eds.com> wrote: >O.K. then would you please do the following: > > o delete all your shared libs > o put your hand on the power switch > o start to copy new shared libs > o as soon as you hit the return key for the cp > o power-off No. Why should you _ever_ do the first step (delete all your shared libs)? All I do to install a shared lib is copy it to the correct directory and run 'ldconfig', which then updates the links for me. -- Chris Adams (C.Adams@Yellow-Jackets.com) "So, if anybody wants to have hardware sent to them: don't call me, but instead write your own unix operating system. It has worked every time for me." - Linus Torvalds, author of Linux (Unix-like) OS