On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:01:57 +0000 Kristian Klausen <klausenb...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > Attached is a updated patch, which disable the ldconfig aux-cache > (/var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache), as it isn't reproducible (at least not > on my system). > > Can I in anyway help getting this merged?
I've applied Chris's patch, but I think your changes on top of that are a step too far. I had a look at the source for ldconfig, and here's what I found: * The entries in /etc/ld.so.cache are sorted by, so far as I can see, attributes that are derived from the contents of libraries. So this cache should be reproducible, and we should include it in the initramfs image. * The entries in /var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache are organised as an associative array, with the keys including file attributes like device number, inode number and inode change time. This means it is not only unreproducible, but completely useless at boot time since the device and inode numbers of libraries will be different. * Before writing the aux-cache file, ldconfig will try to create /var/cache/ldconfig if it doesn't exist, but not any of the parent directories. Since mkinitramfs does not create /var/cache itself, the aux-cache file is only created if a hook script creates that directory. I think that explains why Chris didn't find this problem. Since there is no option to explicitly disable creation of the aux- cache file, I propose to delete it ldconfig creates it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky
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