On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:14:08PM +0100, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > hi, > > while packaging modlogan i have to use overrides because modlogan > uses shared objects for its plugin system which are not shared > libs. but since there has to be a shlibs file for shared objects > under /usr/lib i get lots of lintian errors, i.e. policy > violations.
Plugins should not go in /usr/lib/., but should go in a subdirectory of /usr/lib. For example, PAM uses /lib/security/ and apache uses /usr/lib/apache/ Do that, and lintian shouldn't complain. The problem here is that you are leaving these modules/plugins out at the will of the dynamic linker. Leaving them in /usr/lib/ makes ldconfig parse them, fills the ld.so.cache with useless libs, and thus adds overhead to the system's dynamic loader. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
