Torsten Landschoff wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 1999 at 01:34:49PM +0100, BROWN Nick wrote: > > > Currently my problem (we're getting to the question now :-} ) is the > > symlink. I need to provide a symlink libqt.so.1 to the file libqt.so.1.42. > > But this has to be after the shared library file in the archive. Can anyone > > supply an example of a rules file which does this ? Section 12 of the > > packaging manual is rather obscure in this area. Better still, could > > someone provide an example rules file for a shared library binary ? > > *ARG* Don't set this symlink! libqt.so.1 is generated by ldconfig - that is > what it is used for. It scans /usr/lib/ for .so.x.y.z files and links the > highest versions so that .so.x -> .so.x.y and .so.x.y -> .so.x.y.z, where y > and z are the highest numbers with that prefix. > > You should call ldconfig from the postinst.
You should call ldconfig from the postinst, *AND* install the symlink it wants to make. Otherwise, you leave dangling symlinks when the package is removed. Richard Braakman
