On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 03:20:58PM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear Marcus, > > Sorry to fill your inbox, but here's a problem I can't solve: > > dpkg complains it can't find libdpkg.so.0.0 > > It is in /usr/lib > > This I guess means that dpkg is trying to open /lib/libdpkg.so.0.0, but > given it's a binary, I can't do anything about this. This strikes me as > funny, 'cos in linux the library is in /usr/lib.
I was afraid of this. There are two possibilities: The binary has an rpath hard coded, which happened before I fixed my specs file. Or the linker does not search the /usr/lib directory at all. As a first fix, link /usr/lib -> /lib if you don't have the usr symlink. I will investigate this. (please send me the output of "strings /gnu/bin/dpkg | grep rpath -") Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
