-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 09:49:23AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/23/07 08:57, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:17:40AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > >> On Tuesday 16 January 2007 15:03, tom arnall wrote: > >>> after a recent etch dist-upgrade, firefox keeps dying with: > >>> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ firefox > >>> /usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin: symbol lookup error:\ > >>> /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: \ > >>> cairo_scaled_font_get_font_options > >>> > >> fixed it. there were files/links in usr/local/lib which i got rid of: > >> > >> libcairo.a libcairo.la* libcairo.so@ libcairo.so.2@ libcairo.so.2.2.3* > >> > >> how did they get there? > >> > > Hi tom, > > > > $ apt-file search libcairo.a > > libcairo-directfb2-dev: usr/lib/libcairo-directfb/lib/libcairo.a > > libcairo2-dev: usr/lib/libcairo.a > > $ apt-file search libcairo.la > > libcairo2-dev: usr/lib/libcairo.la > > > > this would indicate that these files are from 'libcairo2-dev'. > > Yes, but the question is how they got in usr/*local*/lib. > Hi Ron, since Debian did not put them there, someone else did. Presumedly someone compiling their own version of firefox or what ever needed those files. Doesn't the FHS say something about /usr/local/? cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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