David Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>This is (IMO) a bug in the upstream sources. (I'm not sure whether this >>is confined to certain directories or not, especially since libc doesn't >>have this problem.) > >This is the way ELF-ld functions at the moment (as far as I understand it). >IMO the programmer's manual (chapter 12) should mention that you should >install the -dev packages, if you wish to compile something, since the >links are only >contained in the -dev packages.
Ah. The problem is, I'm using the XFree86 3.1.2D libraries, with the server currently at 3.1.2Ek (I think; can't remember the exact version.) These libraries _don't_ come with such symlinks, and they aren't added by ldconfig at any point. (that, as an incidental aside, is why vim 4.4 - when I get around to finishing it off, and uploading it - won't have support for X compiled in: incompatible libraries.) This behaviour is extremely annoying, especially if I have to install some other library that isn't available as a Debian package for some reason. (I don't really have the time to maintain more packages - university work and all that.) At least I can work around it. Cheers.
